From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com ([24.7.105.70] helo=ignatious) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 158O6M-0005Oz-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:23:07 -0400 Received: from cpt.kirk (helo=localhost) by ignatious with local-esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 158OS4-0004Qj-00 for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2001 10:45:32 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 10:45:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@ignatious To: "Speakup@Braille. Uwo. Ca" Subject: Re: Firewall question: In-Reply-To: <000001c0f02b$ecb8fc20$3b910f8e@dpsd.gov.calgary.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: The keep alive packet for any connection is on the same port as the connection. The difference you are seeing is that the firewall times out the connection sooner then the keep alive packets are sent. This isn't uncommon. In fact, often times it is done intentionally to prevent you from breaching the firewall with "safe" looking programs that happen to keep an open connection and then let whatever you want through. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.