[PATCH] Connect timeout

[Markus Friedl]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 11:45:39PM +0100, Jean-Charles Longuet wrote:
> The attached patch adds a new 'ConnectTimeout' option (man page updated
> in patch) to avoid wasting time when the target host is down. I needed that
> because I was using rsync/rdist over ssh for massive files update and the
> default connect() took too long for my purpose.

please no setjmp. you can use async connects
and select, like the rest of openssh.

-m