Why? What value does this add? What risks are averted? Why use such an option when it is so easy to negate? I'm positive any malware would be sure to include keep alive packets.
Firewalls are for PC's. By and large, the MF can protect itself. My $.02. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Vanbrabant Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: which softwares honour TCP's KEEPALIVE packets? *** Cross-posted to IBMTCP-L & MVS-OE *** Hi, The differents segments of our n/w are separated by firewalls. These fw's are setup in such a way that they disrupt open connections, which have not been in use for a certain interval. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
