On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Yotam Rubin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:44:37AM +0200, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: > > On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 16:08, Erez Doron wrote: > > > hi > > > > > > who is maintaining ftp://iglu.actcom.co.il ? > > > > > > it allows only 2 connectsions from the same IP. > > > the problem is that my company uses NAT, so all my company > > > is one ip and I can open only 2 connections to it from whole the > > > users in my company. > > > > I see your problem. This change was implemented by me to make sure there > > are enough downloading slots for everyone. Previously, users with all > > kinds of "download accelerators" opened gazillions of FTP connections > > for a single file, draining out the 100 maximum connections allowed. > > Perhaps you should increase the connections-per-ip limit to 4 or 3. > It is unlikely that more than 4 users from a single NAT'd network > will simultaneously connect to the server. This will probably deter clients > which establish numerous connections. How about 6 or 8 connections per IP limit? Sorry, I really meant 12-16. :-) Another idea: is it possible to limit the number of FTP connections trying to download the same file? Is there a problem with a single user trying to simultaneously download 100 different files using "download accelerators"? --- Omer There is no IGLU Cabal. Some people abused the Cabal Founding Application, and the nature of abuse was such that no simple numerical limits could solve the problem without hurting legitimate users. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: see at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
