Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-21 Thread Isomer
> There are people on coder-com that can answer these questions, perhaps > better than some server admins. It would be great for these people to speak > up, and help the admins by sharing their expertise. Undernet has for a very long time had problems with floodnets. These use up connections a

Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-20 Thread Py Fivestones
Very true, but coder-com can always advise server admins on optimum settings and such. If this committee presented a good reason for not setting the limit to 1, and gave it's expert advise as to why the max connects should never be set lower then 2, it is possible that some or many admins woul

Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-20 Thread Chris Crowther
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Py Fivestones wrote: > network. Allowing servers to set 1 as the maximum connection from the same > host is overkill and just causes frustration for users who get dumped for > reasons beyond their control. The number of connections per IP is an Admin decision which t

Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-19 Thread Isomer
> Is the default setting 1 connection per user@host? If so, that may be the > problem. If that's the case, how about setting the default to 2 and give > the admins the choice to change the default? The default is actually "unlimited", except for "unresolved" addresses which are limited to 1 con

Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-19 Thread Py Fivestones
Is the default setting 1 connection per user@host? If so, that may be the problem. If that's the case, how about setting the default to 2 and give the admins the choice to change the default? stoney` At 04:02 AM 4/20/2002 +0200, you wrote: I think that is a decision that is up to the admins, no

Re: [Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-19 Thread Carlo Wood
I think that is a decision that is up to the admins, not something coder-com should "hard code into the servers"... On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 08:34:39PM -0400, Py Fivestones wrote: > Hi, > For some reason, many Undernet servers allow only one (1) connection from > the same host. The result is ofte

[Coder-Com] Too many connections from host

2002-04-19 Thread Py Fivestones
Hi, For some reason, many Undernet servers allow only one (1) connection from the same host. The result is often that you are locked out of IRC after you get dumped until your ghost leaves. You then reconnect (often automatically via client setting) then trip the throttle feature. Can we hard c