On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 14:40 +1200, Phill Coxon wrote:
> I have a problem working with remote servers hosted at hostgator.com
> using SFTP. 
> 
> I use sftp:// in konquorer to copy files back and forth between the
> server and my local computer.
> 
> Sometime in the last few months Hostgator.com upgraded their firewall so
> that if too many connections from the same ip address get opened within
> a small period of time, the ip gets blocked temporarily for between 2
> and 30 minutes. 
> 
> The trouble is that if I copy a bunch of files, or change directories
> several times using the sftp:// interface, it gets triggered and I get
> locked out. 
> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible to limit the number of outgoing
> simultaneous ssh connections in konqueror using sftp:// to prevent this
> happening? 
> 
> I really need some way to force the same ssh session to be used...
> 
> Thanks!

Knowing nothing whatsoever about hostgator, is it possible to set up
your own private vpn and use that instead???

Steve
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