ssh client does not timeout if the network fails after ssh_connect but before ssh_exchange_identification, even with Alive options set

[Dan Yefimov]

On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Jiaying Zhang wrote:

> I was thinking to record the start time and subtract the elapsed time
> when an interrupt happens.
> 
How were you going to determine the elapsed time? Only Linux, AFAIK, returns
the remaining timeout (correct me if I'm wrong).

> But still, when options.server_alive_count_max=1, we should exit after the
> first timeout.
> 
Yes, we should since, as you pointed out, options.server_alive_count_max=1 :-)
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    Sincerely Your, Dan.