I am not sure if CVS servers can have a defined timeout time.

Every so often I do a cvs update and then later the connection just hangs.

For example, over 29 hours ago, a cvs update using anoncvs.netbsd.org
successfully started and then about an half hour later sat at:

  cvs server: Updating mail/drac

And netstat (29 hours later) showed:
 tcp        0      0  rainier.63980          204.152.184.161.cvspse ESTABLISHED

Anyways, is there any cvs config (client or server) to timeout after some
idle period?

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/