IPChains question (SOLVED)

[Mike Bilow]

Actually, ssh usually exchanges periodic "keepalive" packets to detect if
the other end has gone away.  If the ipchains timeout is set long enough,
the ssh keepalive packets should prevent a timeout even if nothing happens
in the tail or top windows.

-- Mike


On 2000-05-13 at 15:20 -0400, Brian J. Conway wrote:

> I added the line "/sbin/ipchains -M -S 3600 3600 3600", and as long as
> the tail or top windows update at least once per hour, I don't get
> disconnected (and of course have as many ssh connections open as I
> need).  I'll trim that down to what I really need, but you get the
> idea.  My thanks to all.


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