On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 10:34:35AM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote:
> "Bob" == Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
>
> Bob> If you are logged in across the network then likely the TCP
> Bob> stack is idling you out. You may need to set a keepalive.
>
> Bob,
>
> I'm curious to know if you are saying this based on experience with
> the Linux TCP stack. A TCP stack should *never* idle you out AFAIK
> (RFC793), so you got me thinking about the Linux implementation. I
> hope it is not the TCP stack timing out. A TCP connection should stay
> up when idle for as long as you want.
The linux TCP stack of course does no such thing. However, linux
ipmasq _does_ close idle masquerade sessions after some period of
inactivity that you can adjust.
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