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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:49:23 -0700
From:      Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
To:        Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org>
Cc:        Bruno Afonso <brunomiguel@dequim.ist.utl.pt>
Subject:   Re: ipfw dynamic rule timeout
Message-ID:  <3EAE82E3.1080704@tenebras.com>
In-Reply-To: <200304291543.47991.ajacoutot@lphp.org>
References:  <200304271259.02025.ajacoutot@lphp.org> <200304290038.59573.ajacoutot@lphp.org> <3EAE56E5.50208@dequim.ist.utl.pt> <200304291543.47991.ajacoutot@lphp.org>

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Antoine Jacoutot wrote:

> sysctl net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_syn_lifetime=300
> The default is 20, so it gives a little more time. But I still have problem 
> from time to time (clients behind the firewall get disconnected from an 
> internet news server after a while reading an article, web clients from the 
> internet to the web server get disconnected while reading mail from 
> webmail...).

You're diddling the wrong MIB value.  dyn_syn_lifetime is for
half-open connections (three-way handshake not complete).

It's dyn_ack_lifetime that you want to set.  But if the problem
is lack of keepalives, you could try

net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_ack_lifetime=300
net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive=1
net.inet.tcp.keepidle=60000
net.inet.tcp.keepintvl=60000
net.inet.tcp.keepinit=60000

and make sure the firewall keepalive options are on.



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