sshd sending eof to peer instead of SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE.

[Avi Albo]

I am using the ssh port forwarding feature. My configuration is as
follows:

 

On my server machine, running sshd, and app1.

On my client machine, running ssh (client) and app2.

 

The client connects to the server requesting remote port forwarding from
port X on the server machine to port Y on the client machine.

 

app2 is listening on port Y on the client machine.

app1 connects to port X on the server machine.

sshd (on the server machine) forwards the connection to the client
machine, and the two applications begin to exchange data.

 

app1 pushes bytes into the socket much faster than app2 can process, and
there is a backlog on both machines.

At some point, app1 gives up and terminates the session (by calling
close()), as a result sshd on the server machine sends an
SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_EOF to the peer.

The two sides then wait. app2 does not know that its peer is gone, since
its session with the ssh client is still active.

ssh client, on the client machine does not terminate the session,
because it hasn't received the SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE message.

I am not sure what sshd on the server machine is waiting for. Probably
waiting for the ssh client to consume all of the backlog.

 

 

Finally, my question:

 

Is there a way to force sshd (on the server machine) to send
SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_CLOSE and terminate the session immediately?
 
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