Tamara Thompson asks:
>
> Anyone ever tried to create an ssh connection that stays up 24x7, and allows
>users
> on the server side to make a connection to the client side at will?
> I guess I'm wondering how to connect to the existing 'connection', and also,
>whether
> multiple connections can be made to the one existing process, or whether it would
> require multiple, simultaneous connections of the 24x7 type.
>
> A client is insisting that they be able to make a client connection to a
>server here,
> and that we use that 24x7 connection to make our connections to their machine.
I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for but at least take a look at this:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/VPN.html
It might be useful. I set the pppd to ping (LCP) every few minutes. It generates a
little
bit of traffic that keeps the connection alive and if it drops (some number of LCP's)
are
not echo'd, I restart it the connection. Sometimes it will restart two or three times
a
day, other times it will run for weeks without a hitch.
Good luck,
Paul
