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Re: slow server startup
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:57:39 GMT
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Dan Boger <dan@peeron.com> writes:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 07:29:42PM +0000, Carlo Ottolina wrote:
> > the server is *not* doing auth right now.
> > (Please, see: http://news.lugnet.com/admin/nntp/?n=1052)
> > This is an exerpt from my network analyzer output: (sorry for the wrapped
> > lines..)
> > As you can see, there is only one TCP stream, and *no* auth requests (port
> > 113).
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> that actually proves my point... the server _is_ doing auths (I could
> show you my firewall logs)... the fact that they don't get to your
> firewall could explain part of the problem. I'm assuming that you get
> the delay before nntp works right?
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> imagine this:
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> - you try to connect to nntp
> - the server sends an auth to you
> - some computer on the way (your ISP, their backbone, someone) is
> dropping the auth request
> - you don't see any auth
> - the server waits 90 seconds before timeing out on the auth
> - nntp communication begins
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> that's one way of explaining things... and at this point, it fits all
> the facts I have.
How about turning off the auth attempt? With the e-mail authorization
mechanism, it is rather unnecessary...
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) auth is useless, and has been for the last 10 years or so. I know of no computer that replys to auth truthfully, and even if it does, it proves nothing. I'd disable it if it was easy, but it seems it might take a recompile of the nntpd server, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) that actually proves my point... the server _is_ doing auths (I could show you my firewall logs)... the fact that they don't get to your firewall could explain part of the problem. I'm assuming that you get the delay before nntp works right? (...) (22 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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