> 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.
"probably" ???
> 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.
actually i'd rather suspect the interface!
more details maybe would help ?
cheers
luigi
> 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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