Re: bin/56129 (ftp(1) should keep control session duringlargexfer)

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/56129; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: lukem%netbsd.org@localhost, jaromir.dolecek%gmail.com@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/56129 (ftp(1) should keep control session duringlargexfer)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:21:06 +0000 (UTC)

   This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,
   while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
 
 --0-2045945096-1624483267=:12300
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT
 
 On Wed, 23 Jun 2021, Jaromír Doleèek wrote:
 
 > ftp client enables SO_KEEPALIVE, which should be the same as actually
 > sending a dummy command every so often.
 >
 
 The system-wide keepalive timeout is 2 hrs, but, my gateway times out
 idle connections after ~ 30 mins.
 
 > Did anyone confirm via tcpdump whether the keep-alive packets are
 > actually sent by the kernel for the control connection?
 >
 
 Yes, they are sent:
 https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2021/06/20/msg072210.html
 
 I have the tcpdump for that session; just didn't post it as I didn't
 feel it was necessary because of the other logs I included.
 
 -RVP
 --0-2045945096-1624483267=:12300--