On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:10:41AM -0700, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > > One of those firewalls is quite flexible about protocol state > > timeouts, I can set this on a service-by-service basis. (ie I could > > increase it for SSH and no other service) > > > > Unfortunately the firewall on the other side isn't so accommodating. > > It has a single timeout setting that affects all traffic that > > traverses the firewall, and I'd rather not increase that too high. > > If there is no option then run a low-bandwidth application in the > background to keep the connection alive, or script something to generate > some activity at frequent enough intervals to do so.
I have noticed that with some firewalls at various places that I have worked that it is not sufficient to just have the remote end send data but you have to send data from your side. Needless to say it is a royal pain. Marc -- Marc Wiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, that really is my last name. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
