Re: Port Forwarding over Unreliable Connections
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/22/05
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Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 21:34:36 -0500
"Gregory Novak" <novak@ucolick.org> wrote in message
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>I make extensive use of ssh port forwarding to access machines behind
> firewalls, etc. I often run programs that require presistent
> connections over these ports (such as X11 programs). Unfortunately my
> home DSL connection has become unreliable lately, going down for a few
> minutes and then coming back. This often has the effect of killing
> the programs that rely on the forwarded connections.
>
> I would much prefer it if the forwarded connections behaved more like
> plain vanilla TCP connections--if the network goes down, they should
> patiently wait a long time before finally snipping the connection.
The "screen" program is your friend, at least for terminal sessions and the
programs started from them. That will allow you to reconnect to an
interrupted session, although X programs may not work well if their X-server
connection is lost.
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