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Date:      Tue, 06 Feb 1996 23:17:48 -0800
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
To:        uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sup%d is broken - I agree 
Message-ID:  <199602070717.XAA04088@freefall.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Feb 1996 19:52:00 %2B0700." <m0tjz3q-000CCzC@nemesis.lonestar.org> 

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>2.	Have a second sup daemon running on an undisclosed port number 
>	on sup.freebsd.org that only the mirrors sites are told about.
>	Limit that second daemon to the remainder of ten sessions so that
>	the load on sup.freebsd.org won't be any worse than it is now.
>AND
>3.	Give the systems on the "approved" mirror list the magic port number.
>	They will have plenty of incentive to switch to the limited access
>	port.  (Change the port number once in a while if you feel the load
>	creeping back up.)

SUP has access lists for just this purpose.  You can designate friends,
enemies and wildcards for generic access.  Friends have there own access
limit that is different than anyone else.  The mirror sites are already
friends of sup.FreeBSD.org.

>Frank Durda IV <uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org>|"The Knights who say "LETNi"
>or uhclem%nemesis@rwsystr.nkn.net           | demand...  A SEGMENT REGISTER!!!
>"
>	  ^------(this is the fastest route)|"A what?"
>or ...letni!rwsys!nemesis!uhclem	    |"LETNi! LETNi! LETNi!"  - 1983
>

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Justin T. Gibbs
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