From: "Shaun T. Erickson" <ste@smxy.org>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: idle timeout question
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 17:28:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41251B8D.2020604@smxy.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D5C9032B2B09C64EA2409D6214E91AC90512AD@asimail2.alphanumeric.com>
Jason Opperisano wrote:
>>What is the default idle timout on tcp connections passing through an
>>iptables firewall? If it's modifiable, on a rule by rule basis, how do I
>>do that, and what is the maximum timeout that I can set?
>
>
> short answer: 5 days
>
> long answer: check out "Table 4-2. Internal states" at:
> http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html#TCPCONNECTIONS
>
> modifiable rule-by-rule? i do not believe so...
>
> maximum? whatever the max value of an unsigned long integer is on your platform--probably something bigger than would be sane to use (4294967295 comes to mind)...
Thanks.
-ste
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2004-08-19 18:27 idle timeout question Jason Opperisano
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2004-08-19 14:25 Shaun T. Erickson
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