tech-net: ipf and state timeout

Subject: ipf and state timeout
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Emmanuel Dreyfus <manu@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/29/2001 22:56:54

Hi

From /sys/netinet/ip_state.c, I ca nsee that the default timeout for
entries in the state table is 5 days. This souns incredibly long to me.
Is there any drawback to lower this? Why has it been chosen so long?

-- 
Emmanuel Dreyfus
manu@netbsd.org