<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> "Netwin Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hi Roydon,
>
> > Happy new year to you too!
>
> Allso to Chris ofcourse.
> You'r working on newyearsday, and whitout a hangover..........?

Someone has got to do it. We provide a service to our customers, so I think
it is important that I make an effort to be here, particularly over long
weekends.

> > The simplest method of detecting sucking servers is to use 'tellnews
> > showusers', or the daily use logs (enabled with 'loguse true' in
> dnews.conf)
> > summarised with the duse tool. These will show who the greatest users
are,
> > and in the case of duse, more detailed information on group access.
>
> 19       58     1718      1384k     168m        0 212.238.240.138
> >>> 140      235   115306     90145k      13m       30 82.161.57.87 <<<
> 7      265      897      1171k     159m        0 82.161.52.13
> 16      392      392      1256k      71m        0 212.238.145.118
> 11      443    17332     15518k     107m        0 212.238.216.104
> >>>15      535      536      1428k     359m        0 82.161.35.21<<<
>
> I think 82.161.57.87 is a *sucker* for a short time and a lott of groups,
> but 82.161.35.21 will suck a lot of time.

The group count reflects the number of times they have used the 'group'
command rather than the actual number of unique groups read. This could
indicate a sucking server, or just a user who likes switching between groups
a lot or refreshing while waiting for new posts. The duse tool will be able
to provide more detailed information, but I wouldn't be too concerned about
sucking servers unless your system performance is being compromised by these
servers. I suck all my personal news from free servers and my ISP, wouldn't
want them trying to stop me =)

> > Somewhere burried in the source I think there is a setting for detecting
> > sucking servers, but I'll have to confirm that, and exactly what it
does.
>
> If I set in access.conf
>
> ## BEGIN MANUAL PART2 - Anything here will be preserved
> 0.0.0.0/16:logoff::!*
>
> Then I refush access to the server for all IP's, but allso to the IP's /
> people I trust  ##protected groups and ##domains ?

You would want to use 82.161.57.87/16 to block access to this IP range.
Access rules are applied in order, later rules replace earlier rules.

- Roydon L.

> Thanks, Rob
>
> > - Roydon L.
> >
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a command to stop (no wanted) suck from my server ?
> > > I mean, only read and post from *normal* readers alowed.
> > >
> > > BTW, Happy new year !
> > >
> > > --
> > > CU, Rob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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