>>>>> "James" == James Weatherall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
James> Nik,
>> The solution I'd like, however, is that Xvnc terminates as soon
>> as the other endpoint (the machine that runs vncviewer) goes
>> away (as in - network cable is unplugged). I am surprised that
>> this does not happen, especially if the vncviewer-Xvnc is a TCP
>> connection.
James> Why are you surprised? Is there some feature of TCP that
James> we're not aware of that would allow it to detect that the
James> computer running the computer was no longer accessible?
Well, ssh implements timeouts (ServerAliveInterval amongst others)
above the normal TCP mechanism so it is technically feasible to do
it. The standard TCP timeouts (at least a few years ago the default
timeout was 2 hours) are way too long for many applications.
Sincerely,
Adrian
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