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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Grow up, please
Message-ID: <1997Mar6.203754.95326@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 97 20:37:52 MDT
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In article <5fkurl$7d$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <x7wwrmcp4l.fsf@gkar.asds.com>,
> Rich Pieri <rich.pieri@prescienttech.com> wrote:
> : ...
> : Maybe the FTP server has a connect limit of some given number and that
> : limit has been reached so your connection is refused.
> :
> No, there is no limit on the number of concurrent sessions, nor any other
> kind of limit at all regarding who or how many use it. If it ever comes
> to that, we'll make an announcement and we'll document it in the readme's,
> etc, but so far it has not been necessary. Bottlenecks and obstacles have
> almost always proven to be outside of the server.
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MAE-EAST and MAE-WEST Internet long distance carrier interchange
hubs are having a terrible time currently. That means lots of lost packets
and difficulty making connections. Your ISP may be having trouble too.
Those of you who run machines serving ftp, http, etc will note the
very large number of connections broken at the client end and left dangling.
Those use up limited server resources and take a while to die away.
Before accusing a site of emotional reactions it is often wise to
check on connectivity in general, with ping and traceroute being two such
tools. Some sites do inverse lookups on callers to verify information, and
there are so many badly configured DNS servers that such lookups may fail
or take a long time to complete.
The thrust is, be sure of your facts before accusing managers of
hostile action. Crow tastes awful, worse even than shod feet.
Joe D.