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Date:      Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:10:16 +1000 (EST)
From:      George Michaelson <ggm@dstc.edu.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   'stalls' from ipfw-stateful box on network connects
Message-ID:  <200006010110.LAA04298@asuncion.dstc.edu.au>

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I am testing a FreeBSD-4.0 stable machine as a firewall, and
have a reasonably complex ipfw ruleset that probably does
invoke some stateful rules.

ssh and telnet sessions to this box appear to go into a stalled
state, where there is a 30sec pause before they re-awake and
respond to user input.

pinging the interface can wake them up again, which is why I
suspect its something in the ipfw engine.

now clearly, for a box which is shuffling bits frequently this
wouldn't be a problem because there'd be enough through-traffic
to keep things ticking over.

am I mis-diagnosing things? is this also visible as a side-effect
of apm or other stuff? 

what else apart from ipfw/state can make connects to a box hang
if idle for more than a few minutes?

cheers
	-George


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