What do the timers displayed by the "-o" argument of the ss command mean

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There are 4 timers, but only one can be active at a time

  • keepalive is shown when the socket has enabled keepalive and the connection is idle. The typical starting timeout value is 2 hours but it can vary depending on system defaults and socket settings
ss -o src 172.16.1.200:22
State      Recv-Q Send-Q      Local Address:Port          Peer Address:Port   
EST...

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