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Re: Ftp user from 62.153.66.194
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 Oct 2001 20:05:48 GMT
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I am familiar with normal "offline download/speedup" operation,
and it does not cause any problems. This is different because
it uses FTP and attempts to keep several hundred simultaneous
FTP sessions going at one time. Very few FTP sites are configured
to accept that many simultaneous FTP connections.
KL
In lugnet.general, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> "Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> writes:
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> > Whoever was trying to mass ftp download from 62.153.66.194, your
> > software is improperly configured and is trying to connect hundreds
> > of times simultaneously.
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> Lots of software is popping up these days which speeds up the download
> process. And they work, too! They work by starting many connections
> with the remote host at the same time. If the remote host is the
> bottleneck, it would normally distribute the bandwidth over the active
> connections. Hence, the client with the more connections wins.
>
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> So this was probably not an improperly configured ftp client, but rather
> an attempt to save some percent of download time by using a "network
> speeder" program.
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> Of course, this kind of thing is like an arms race. When more and more
> people use them, the effect from using them lessens, and they must use
> even more connections. Just say no in the first place, that is my
> opinion...
>
>
> Fredrik
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