Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 00:13:50 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive on as default ? Message-ID: <19990602001350.A35065@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <19990601130331.A21176@wopr.caltech.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 01:03:31PM -0700 References: <199906011851.MAA14756@mt.sri.com> <Pine.SOL.4.05.9906011233100.5802-100000@luna> <19990601130331.A21176@wopr.caltech.edu>
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According to Matthew Hunt:
> I'm thinking of long-lived connections like telnet and ssh; if you're
FWIW ssh has been using keelalives for a long time by default...
KeepAlive
Specifies whether the system should send keepalive
messages to the other side. If they are sent,
death of the connection or crash of one of the
machines will be properly noticed. However, this
means that connections will die if the route is
down temporarily, and some people find it annoying.
The default is "yes" (to send keepalives), and the
client will notice if the network goes down or the
remote host dies. This is important in scripts,
and many users want it too.
To disable keepalives, the value should be set to
"no" in both the server and the client configura-
tion files.
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Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #71: Sun May 9 20:16:32 CEST 1999
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