OpenSSH Server connection drops out after few minutes of inactivity

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I have already written about how to deny access to users using OpenSSH. Today I am going to write about another interesting problem that can cause ssh connection time outs and how to increase SSH connection timeout in macOS, Linux, *BSD and Unix-like systems.