From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 17:44:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0314216A4CE for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:44:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from praetor.linc-it.com (adsl-068-157-070-217.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [68.157.70.217]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6223E43D3F for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:44:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@over-yonder.net) Received: from mortis.over-yonder.net (adsl-81-240-202.jan.bellsouth.net [65.81.240.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by praetor.linc-it.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F6BA153D1; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:44:45 -0600 (CST) Received: by mortis.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 5C69C20F94; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:44:43 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 19:44:43 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Colin Percival Message-ID: <20040118014443.GB37559@over-yonder.net> References: <6.0.1.1.1.20040116175159.03f4dd48@imap.sfu.ca> <6.0.1.1.1.20040118000417.02bbee70@imap.sfu.ca> <4009D71E.3020209@gldis.ca> <6.0.1.1.1.20040118004459.03fe6c10@imap.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.1.20040118004459.03fe6c10@imap.sfu.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i-fullermd.1 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good BSD/Linux Article (somewhat off-topic) X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:44:49 -0000 On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:47:49AM +0000 I heard the voice of Colin Percival, and lo! it spake thus: > > You're absolutely right -- s/oldest process/oldest process which > started within the past 5 seconds/ would probably be more appropriate. > (And, for bonus points, we could make this behaviour depend upon a > global variable which would be set by network drivers if they detected > the string "slashdot" within any incoming packets...) ipfw add restrict 256kbit ip from me 80 to any containing "slashdot" :) -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Systems/Network Administrator | http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"