diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 4efaff584..54c001494 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -64,8 +64,13 @@ const (
 	// Limit memory allocation to store multipart data
 	maxFormMemory = int64(5 * humanize.MiByte)
 
-	// The maximum allowed difference between the request generation time and the server processing time
-	globalMaxSkewTime = 15 * time.Minute
+	// The maximum allowed time difference between the incoming request
+	// date and server date during signature verification.
+	globalMaxSkewTime = 15 * time.Minute // 15 minutes skew allowed.
+
+	// Default Read/Write timeouts for each connection.
+	globalConnReadTimeout  = 15 * time.Minute // Timeout after 15 minutes of no data sent by the client.
+	globalConnWriteTimeout = 15 * time.Minute // Timeout after 15 minutes if no data received by the client.
 )
 
 var (
@@ -141,12 +146,9 @@ var (
 	globalObjectTimeout    = newDynamicTimeout( /*1*/ 10*time.Minute /*10*/, 600*time.Second)  // timeout for Object API related ops
 	globalOperationTimeout = newDynamicTimeout(10*time.Minute /*30*/, 600*time.Second)         // default timeout for general ops
 	globalHealingTimeout   = newDynamicTimeout(30*time.Minute /*1*/, 30*time.Minute)           // timeout for healing related ops
-)
 
-var (
-	// Keeps the connection active by waiting for following amount of time.
-	// Primarily used in ListenBucketNotification.
-	globalSNSConnAlive = 5 * time.Second
+	// Keep connection active for clients actively using ListenBucketNotification.
+	globalSNSConnAlive = 5 * time.Second // Send a whitespace every 5 seconds.
 )
 
 // global colors.
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 6d056163e..6534c4d60 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	initGlobalAdminPeers(globalEndpoints)
 
 	globalHTTPServer = miniohttp.NewServer([]string{globalMinioAddr}, handler, globalTLSCertificate)
+	globalHTTPServer.ReadTimeout = globalConnReadTimeout
+	globalHTTPServer.WriteTimeout = globalConnWriteTimeout
 	globalHTTPServer.UpdateBytesReadFunc = globalConnStats.incInputBytes
 	globalHTTPServer.UpdateBytesWrittenFunc = globalConnStats.incOutputBytes
 	globalHTTPServer.ErrorLogFunc = errorIf