MAC addresses, hostnames, and DHCP
Bill McGonigle
bill at bfccomputing.com
Sun Dec 4 14:53:01 EST 2005
On Dec 4, 2005, at 09:17, Paul Lussier wrote:
> OTOH, I typically have my ssh connections to worked dropped by the
> remote system after some (yet to be determined) time out period.
> However, I'm almost certain this is an SSH or firewall configuration
> issue, since it's only the _inbound_ connections which time out. My
> ssh connection from work to home typically stays up until our electric
> company begins dropping packets ;)
Yep - some firewalls where you pay per connection have a default
connection timeout so you don't fill up your connection table. Yes,
I'm giving you the hairy eyeball, Sonicwall. Fun note: this also
effectively shuts down your network connection if you run nmap across
one.
Open source firewalls don't typically have this limitation.
-Bill
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