Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:53:20 +0100 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up, a bit: ephemeral port range changes Message-ID: <20020404095320.GB4598@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020404011807.GC93977@madman.nectar.cc> References: <p0510150db8d1539dd305@[128.113.24.47]> <20020404005838.P60053-100000@patrocles.silby.com> <20020404011807.GC93977@madman.nectar.cc>
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On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 07:18:07PM -0600, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 01:07:13AM -0600, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > The ephemeral port range determines the maximum number of simultaneous > > outbound connections that you can have. As pointed out in a PR (I don't > > recall the # offhand), our low limit was probably the reason that FreeBSD > > ran out of steam before the other OSes in the sysadmin benchmark last > > year. > > > Sure it is. After an installkernel you always have kernel.old sitting > > around. > > You don't need the old kernel, anyway. You can just use the sysctl > knobs. Any reason why we can't just say that in UPDATING, and then the few who do have problems (and I think it will be few) have an instant fix in UPDATING while they get their firewall sorted out ? If/when the change is made, if traffic on the lists warrants then we can add it to the FAQ as well. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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