[PLUG] OT: Sonicwall and SSH

Ian Burrell ian at znark.com
Sun Feb 1 14:19:02 UTC 2004


Matt Alexander wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004, Ian Burrell wrote:
>>
>>I recently figured out how to keep our Sonicwall at work from timing out 
>>connections.  There is a default inactivity timeout but this didn't seem 
>>to affect the connections.  There is also a timeout on each of the 
>>filter rules.  If you increase the timeout on the incoming SSH rule, 
>>then they won't timeout.
> 
> 
> True, but my problem was with outgoing ssh connections.  I've resolved the
> problem by adjusting tcp_keepalive_time on my Linux box, but it'd be nice
> if I could have the Sonicwall not close ssh connections in the first
> place.
 >

Then you want to change the inactivity timeout on the rule that allows 
outgoing connections.  The advantage of changing the firewall is that it 
affects all connections including protocols where it is hard to set an 
application keep alive.

  - Ian

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