ssh idle connection killed [was Re: [ale] syslog entry]

[Stephan Uphoff]

Danny Cox wrote:
> 	In my case, when I'm working from home, and have ssh'd in to a
> corporate server, and wait too long, the connection is killed.  I don't
> know if that's default ssh/sshd behavior or if it's the firewall
> enforcing some limit, but all I see is the disconnect when I type the
> first character after being inactive past the deadline.

Try a newer version of OpenSSH and look at the option ServerAliveInterval.
This should keep the firewall happy.

	Stephan