Erik Corry wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 18, 1999 at 03:11:19PM +0200, Ste wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > my firewall runs diald 0.16.5 on rh 5.2; clients run dialmon.
> > Sometimes diald dials again after a client disconnects and shuts down
> > the browser (Netscape 4.5).
>
> I think you can configure Netscape not to do this, but I
> can't remember how.
This is due to NS which close open connections even after a long idle
time.
So, a FIN packet is sent and diald brings the line up. I've added the
following rule to my filter settings to avoid this little issue:
ignore tcp tcp.fin
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
