tunable udp timeout?

[Rusty Russell]

In message <20010521194632.C3303@pc.ilinx> you write:
> Has anyone a patch to allow an option on the iptables command line to
> tune the UDP timeout for a specific rule?  I have a protocol which
> takes more than 30 seconds to return from a UDP query and thus the 180
> second timeout for "streaming udp" does not trigger in time.
> 
> Or any other solutions would be welcome.

Hi Brian!

	It looks like the next approach to tweaking UDP should be a
table inside the UDP module which defines behavior and timeouts for
individual ports.  Of course, with a module param to modify/add to the
table.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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