On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:33:07PM +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> I was thinking of ProtocolKeepAlives. Anyway, what do you do with ssh
> when you can't root all the sshd you want to connect to?
Use ServerAliveInterval/ServerAliveCountMax if your client supports it.
Unfortunately, most don't yet. This is the client-side equivalent of
ClientAliveInterval, and will be included in the next OpenSSH release.
If that's not available, use ProtocolKeepAlives if that is available.
As you've pointed out (in a roundabout fashion), this option is also
fairly new and stands a good chance of being unavailable in any given
client.
If neither of the above are an option, you're stuck with using something
like spinner.
No matter what option you do use, think long and hard about the risks of
leaving ssh sessions open and unwatched for extended periods of time,
because you're increasing the risk that your ssh session will be
hijacked--if you care, of course.
Cheers,
-mjg
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