27 Apr 06 16:34, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 CS>> and they can cause a virtual denial of service because they hit so
 CS>> fast and arent set to time out.

 RW>> That's incorrect. Irex will time out, depending on the amount of
 RW>> time the user configures. One minute is the default. Plus, Irex
 RW>> connects to more than one system at a time. The transfer of files
 RW>> takes only seconds and the link is closed.

 ml> see below...

 CS>> UGLY.  Can down your ability to connect with anyone else as it comes
 CS>> in and causes the system to cycle and by the time that is done,
 CS>> there they are again!
 CS>>                                        xxcarol

 RW>> Eh? Only if your system is mis-configured.

 ml> easy there... it doesn't take a misconfigured system to overwhelm a
 ml> slow connection... there are still many dialups on the internet ;)

But that would be a different situation. They'd be connecting *to* Irex
running in daemon mode. Irex won't time out as long as there is traffic
being passed.


Roy
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