On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:00, Dan Wing wrote:
Two hours seems a long time to leave your door open.A longer timeout could be negotiated between the the host and its CPE router using whatever protocol exists and becomes a defacto standard on IPv6 networks(e.g., draft-woodyatt-ald, UPnP IGD version 2).
Alternatively, the "simple" security functions could be disabled to facilitate applications that can't afford to send keep-alive packets.
-- james woodyatt <jhw@apple.com> member of technical staff, communications engineering