Subj : I was DIS'd connected!
To   : Mindless Automaton
From : zztzed
Date : Thu Jun 23 2005 06:54 pm

  Re: I was DIS'd connected!
  By: Mindless Automaton to DOVE-Net.Synchronet_Discu on Thu Jun 23 2005 04:07 pm

 > The only thing I can think of thats changed is we put in a new Sonicwall Fir
 > Is it possible for the firewall to drop idle telnet connections?

It is possible, and that's probably what's happening -- it drops the 
connection from whatever internal tables it stores information 
about it in after a certain period of no activity, since it has no real 
reliable way of knowing if the connection is still open or not.

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