Re: Problem w/IP_MASQ & ssh/telnet?

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Thu, 20 May 1999 21:34:20 -0400

In message <374252AD.92D4304@zeor.simegen.com>, Dancer writes:
+-----
| > open a telnet or ssh session to my server behind my ip_masq box, it
| > disconnects me after and some idle time. I haven't timed it so I'm not sur
|
| IP masquerading _does_ disconnect idle connections after a period
| (15mins? 30?). This is traditional behaviour.
+--->8

15 minutes, looks as if.

But the oddie: when telnetting/sshing from 2.0.3x the masquerading doesn't
expire, whereas from 2.2.x it does. (The masquerade box is 2.0.36.) Is
there a difference in how 2.2.x does keepalives?

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