[svlug] SSH disconnect thru firewall

[Todd Lyons]

Rafael wrote:

> Linux ipchains leaves the connection open for hours also. As far as I know
> it's the server that eventualy kicks you off after a few hours of no
> activity.

The following line turned a "kick me off after five minutes of
inactivity" firewall into an "hours long" firewall:

/sbin/ipchains -M -S 7200 10 160
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