diff -Naur Pound-2.0b4.orig/config.c Pound-2.0b4/config.c
--- Pound-2.0b4.orig/config.c	2005-12-07 10:57:59.000000000 +0100
+++ Pound-2.0b4/config.c	2005-12-13 17:31:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
     }
     memset(res, 0, sizeof(BACKEND));
     res->be_type = BACK_END;
-    res->to = 15;
+    res->to = 0;
     res->alive = 1;
     memset(&res->addr, 0, sizeof(res->addr));
     res->priority = 1;
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
     || regcomp(&HeadDeny, "^[ \t]*HeadDeny[ \t]+\"(.+)\"[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
     || regcomp(&BackEnd, "^[ \t]*BackEnd[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
     || regcomp(&Priority, "^[ \t]*Priority[ \t]+([1-9])[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
-    || regcomp(&TimeOut, "^[ \t]*TimeOut[ \t]+([1-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
+    || regcomp(&TimeOut, "^[ \t]*TimeOut[ \t]+([0-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
     || regcomp(&HAport, "^[ \t]*HAport[ \t]+([1-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
     || regcomp(&HAportAddr, "^[ \t]*HAport[ \t]+([^ \t]+)[ \t]+([1-9][0-9]*)[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)
     || regcomp(&Redirect, "^[ \t]*Redirect[ \t]+\"(.+)\"[ \t]*$", REG_ICASE | REG_NEWLINE | REG_EXTENDED)