Re: Idle Time (ssh, or telnet)
On Sat, Feb 12, 2000 at 08:33:24AM -0600, Security wrote:
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> Are you using masquerading somewhere in the route for the box that drops
> the connections? If so that could be the cause. I disremember the details
> but I had this for awhile and that was fixed by tweaking the the ipmasq (or
> chains) script on my gateway macine. I can leave idle sessions open for
> literally months when set up this way. Before I got that figured out I
> would always run a ping or something to make the shell appear active which
> was a terrible hack but actually worked occasionally.
>
> If you think this might be the cause send me an e and I'll dig out the info
> and get it to the list.
>
> Tom
That sounds very possible, the network at home is masqueraded by a
little 486 router I have setup, (ipchains). and the workstation at work has
a real IP. It'd be great if you could dig out that info and let me know.
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