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Hello!

> Specifically, the tcp keepalive
> time on linux defaults to 7200 seconds, which is apparently too long for
> ssh. Ssh seems to like it better if you set
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time to something around of 300 seconds.

If no human sits at keyboard, there are no reasons to check for connection
status. It applies to dial-out connections even in more extent.
Do you really want to be awaken at night by dialing phone,
because forgot to logout? 8)8)


> I've seen the above issue since sometime in the 2.1.x series all the
> way up through the 2.3.x series.

Both you and all the people saw this since IP birthday, and will see
this until its death, if to believe to specs. 8)

Alexey

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