[Discuss] Please help with a question about Bash timeout intervals

[malassimilation at gmail.com (E. William Horne)]

Thanks for reading this.

I am (still) the Moderator of The Telecom Digest. 
<http://telecom-digest.org/> I use a virtual server at M.I.T., to 
evaluate and approve posts for the Digest.

The work requires frequent visits to various web sites, and searches to 
obtain more information. Because of that, I often find that my ssh 
session has timed out, and that I must login again to continue working.

Please tell me about the timeout intervals which are customary in Ubuntu 
Linux, in Bash, and in ssh: I need to extend them.

Thanks you in advance.

Bill Horne