if (value != null) {
            this.useWitness = Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
        }

        value = props.getProperty("jcifs.smb.client.witnessHeartbeatTimeout");
        if (value != null) {
            try {
                this.witnessHeartbeatTimeout = Long.parseLong(value);
            } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                // Invalid value ignored
            }
        }

     */
    protected boolean useWitness = false; // Disabled by default
    /**
     * Timeout in milliseconds for witness heartbeat messages
     */
    protected long witnessHeartbeatTimeout = 120000; // 2 minutes
    /**
     * Timeout in milliseconds for witness registration
     */
    protected long witnessRegistrationTimeout = 300000; // 5 minutes
    /**

### 6.1 Configuration Properties
```java
// In PropertyConfiguration.java
public static final String USE_WITNESS = "jcifs.smb.client.useWitness";
public static final String WITNESS_HEARTBEAT_TIMEOUT = "jcifs.smb.client.witnessHeartbeatTimeout";
public static final String WITNESS_REGISTRATION_TIMEOUT = "jcifs.smb.client.witnessRegistrationTimeout";
public static final String WITNESS_RECONNECT_DELAY = "jcifs.smb.client.witnessReconnectDelay";