[2625] in linux-net channel archive
masq behavior
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Fries)
Mon Apr 22 13:22:26 1996
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:10:53 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Todd Fries" <tfries@umr.edu>
Is there a reason why tcp (especially telnet) connections need to time
out after ?5? ?15? minutes?
I have recently joined a group that has a 24 hour dialup, and we have a
linux machine doing masquerading. It is not uncommon to telnet to a site
and hope that, after an hour of idle time, the telnet session will still
be open. Instead we are forced to re-telnet.
I am thinking about giving a special case of 'timeout in -1 seconds' to
tcp connections and seeing if that can be treated as never timing out...
to see if this will fix the problem.
Any words of advice before I try to attack this?
--
Todd T. Fries
