openssh unix dev - Aug 2002 - Idle SSH session disconnects

I have used OpenSSH for a while, on SuSE 7.2 and now on 8.0, and have
always had a problem with idle sessions being terminated.  I have read the
FAQ, man pages, past mailing list discussions, and still cannot find any
explanation for the disconnects.

I can keep a telnet session through a VPN up for days, but an SSH session
to the same host through the internet dies after a few, or perhaps a
couple of hours.  There is no firewall NAT to expire, no autologout setup,
etc.--none of the usual explanations I have found apply.

Can anyone help explain this situation?

Thanks,
Jim Cunning

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 01:33:55PM -0700, Jim Cunning
wrote:
> Can anyone help explain this situation?
Are both client and server Linux boxes?  If some other less robust TCP/IP
stack is involved this might be the cause for connectivity loss.

Have you tried playing with KeepAlive or maybe ClientAliveInterval and
ClientAliveCountMax in sshd_config?

Just some $.02


//Peter