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Date:      Sat, 11 Nov 1995 08:01:57 -0800
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@io.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anyone else think it's about time to beat a WEB server to death? 
Message-ID:  <199511111601.IAA00163@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 11 Nov 95 10:42:51 EST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.951111103942.194b-100000@flinch.io.org> 

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>
>On Fri, 10 Nov 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:
>> 
>> If the httpd is started from inetd, then the limit is dictated by no
>> more than 256 requests in any 60 second period, unless you override
>> this at inetd startup time by increasing the number of requests
>> allowed per 60 seconds using a -R when you start it in the rc file.
>
>    Someone ought to update the man page then:
>
>   -R rate
>           Specifies the maximum number of times a service can
>           be invoked in one minute; the default is 1000.

   In fact I already did this:

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revision 1.5
date: 1995/10/09 23:34:07;  author: davidg;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Correct the "default rate" - it's 256/minute not 1000/minute.

   I overlooked this change for 2.1, however, and now it's too late.

-DG



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