Re: how many IP aliases

From: Anton Alin-Adrian (aanton_at_reversedhell.net)
Date: 05/27/04

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    Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 17:07:27 +0300
To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org

    Steven Hartland wrote:
    > Ah I assumed u meant irc vhost "servers"
    > Still leaves there question why would each psync require a specific IP?
    > If the IRC network you connection to limits on connections per IP
    > e.g. QuakeNet ( which all should do ). You just need to apply
    > for a trust for "X" connections and your all sorted. Using multiple
    > IP's for such a use would be totally wasteful.
    >
    Our ISP's policy is that when one IP gets flooded, it gets blocked from
    internet access for a while.

    That's the reason for so many IPs. Not perfect, but helps a lot.

    > Steve
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Anton Alin-Adrian" <aanton@reversedhell.net>
    >
    >>Different ports? Why would be using different ports different? They (users)
    >>need to go out to irc with a different IP each time they connect. In order
    >>to do that, psybnc needs to use that specific IP when connecting outside to
    >>the IRC server. I don't see how different ports will change this situation.
    >>
    >>Nambased vhosts work for web, I guess, but not for IRC.
    >>
    >>Let one correct me if I am wrong.
    >
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