On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Gerald Timothy Quimpo wrote: > Hello all, > > I need ssh keepalive to work. It doesn't seem to be working. Basic testing > (open an ssh connection, then add an iptables rule to drop all packets > from the remote host) isn't doing what I expect (isn't the ssh connection > supposed to close if the remote host is down?). > > Sniffing with ethereal doesn't show any KeepAlive packets from either > side either. Both server (sshd_config) and client (ssh_config and > ~/.ssh/config) have KeepAlive yes in there. > > Client is Mandrake 9.0 with openssh 3.5p1 (from RPM). Server is > FreeBSD with openssh 3.5p1 built from source. > > Also, where in the config files would I configure keepalive frequence > and tolerance level (e.g., five keepalive failures in a row means the > connection is down). I don't see where that would be set at all, so > so is it not possible?
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