[c-nsp] Xwindow session timeout through Pix Firewall

[Alex Foster]

Hi

Have tried this - but it doesn't appear to do anything. I ran some
packet tracing - but no keep-alives are sent - well certainly not on
port 6000.

Regards

Alex 

-----Original Message-----
From: lee.e.rian at census.gov [mailto:lee.e.rian at census.gov] 
Sent: 02 August 2005 07:38
To: Alex Foster
Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Xwindow session timeout through Pix Firewall

This might work
 open up the Xconfig console and under the Transports section change
Keep
alive to yes


"Alex Foster" <afoster at gammatelecom.com> wrote on 08/01/2005 10:12:04
AM:

> Hi Lukasz,
>
> Should have included a bit more info. with regards to the type of
> xwindow session.  This is a passive exceed connection used in
> conjunction with Java Web Start that connects to a HP-OV platform.  So
> this isn't an xstart session with SSH.  I found some info regarding a
> 'session timeout' parameter you can add to some of the exceed profiles
-
> but this doesn't work - or maybe Ive just configured it incorrectly -
I
> wasn't too sure what profile the passive connection used.
>
> Regards
>
> Alex
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lukasz Bromirski [mailto:lbromirski at mr0vka.eu.org]
> Sent: 01 August 2005 14:40
> To: Alex Foster
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Xwindow session timeout through Pix Firewall
>
> Alex Foster wrote:
>
> > Probably off topic here - but wondered if anybody on the list has a
> > remedy for the following issue:  I have need to permit Xwindows
> sessions
> > through a Pix Cluster (6.2) - but the sessions timeout after an hour
> of
> > inactivity from the Xwindow session (default conn. Timeout is an
hour
> -
> > funnily enough).  Other than increasing the conn. Timeout - is there
> > another way of configuring either the Xwindow server (using
> Hummingbird
> > exceed here) or the Pix to keep the Xwindow session alive.
>
> If You can't increase idle timeouts, use keepalives for this specific
> application.
>
> I'm sure You've already seen that?
> http://www.hummingbird.com/support/nc/exceed/exc1003369.html
>
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