[JDEV] phenomenon associated with frequent connections

[DJ Adams]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 09:45:13AM -0700, Jason Reineri wrote:
> > This sounds very much like the rate limiting mechanism kicking in.
> > The <rate/> directive in the configuration (jabber.xml) allows the
> > server admin to throttle the rate of connection on a socket. I think
> > the default might even look like this:
> >
> > <rate points='5' time='25'/>
> >
> > which says throttle the socket if more than 5 connection attempts are
> > made in 25 seconds. The throttle is relaxed after that 25 second period.
> >
> 
> I think the above sentence should read:  throttle the soxket if more than 5
> connection attempts are made in 25 seconds *from the same ip address*.  If

No ...

A socket is specific to an IP address, so that last bit is redundant...

;-)

dj