Thanks Kirk, I have somewhere to look at, that may help me out. Stephen Dawes B.A. B.Sc. Web Business Office, The City of Calgary PHONE: (403) 268-5527. FAX: (403) 268-6423 E-MAIL ADDRESS: sdawes at gov.calgary.ab.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Kirk Wood > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:23 PM > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > Subject: RE: Firewall question: > > > Most likely there is. If you are using ipchains on your personal firewall > then you can change this with the -M option. You will want to consult the > documentation for specifics. If you are using a comercial product consult > their docs. You may also be able to adjust the time before a keep alive > packet is sent. > > Finally, if you are behind a corperate firewall they may even be filtering > out things such as keep alive packets. At any rate, I would not recomend > trying to defeat the thing. If you have some compelling business reason > for holding the session then go through proper chanels. Remember that > several notorious people have gone to jail because their view of what > their employer wanted them to do and the employer's differed. > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >