Long keepidle time

Simon Walton simonw at matteworld.com
Fri Aug 11 23:55:57 UTC 2006


   Is there any reason why the default initial timeout for keep alive
packets needs to be as long as two hours? This period causes the 
dynamic rules in my firewall filter to timeout.

   Is there a major objection to reducing the default idle time to
say 3 to 5 minutes?

Simon Walton


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