> > >> 3.) TCP/IP connection drops
> > >>         My SSH connections die after about 2 hours
> > >>         under 1.2b3. I don't think this used to happen
> > >>         under 1.11. Someone else confirmed that this
> > >>         happens to them too. The connection isn't
> > >>         denied. It seems like it times out.
> > > 
> > > That's because as of 1.2b2, the TCP idle timeout for the firewall
> is
> > > 2.5 hours instead of the ipfilter default of 10 days (!) to keep
> the
> 
> Why "(!)"?  I've sometimes kept remote console sessions up for days at
> a time. :-)

Sure, but have you ever needed to leave it completely idle for days at a time?