From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 Description of problem: The active-filter option in pppd does not work because filter support is not enabled by default. This option is required for correct idle timeout hangup behaviour. Right now pppd resets packet idle time counters for both incoming and outgoing packets. This is problematic for users with dynamic IPs. Incoming packets from unwanted services like file sharing servers (e.g Gnutella) reset the idle time counter so pppd never kills the connection. This is not good for users who pay for their online time. Setting up firewall rules does not help because the firewall rules are checked after pppd handed the packet over to the kernel. The solution is to enable the filter service in pppd. With filtering enabled you can use the option active-filter to setup special rules for the idle timeout counters. You only have to enable the variable FILTER=y in pppd/Makefile.linux. The option requires a kernel with CONFIG_PPP_FILTER=y, but all current Red Hat kernels already have this option enabled. Besides this libpcap is required. This problem also applies to all earlier Red Hat versions 7.3, 7.2... Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. set an idle timeout for a ppp connection 2. the ppp connection is never killed when packets come IN 3. Additional info:
Still no comment from Red Hat on this issue.
We're now at FC2 Test1 and this bug is still at state NEW.
Still unresolved?
Fixed in FC2 in rpm ppp-2.4.2-1 or newer.