Good BSD/Linux Article (somewhat off-topic)

Matthew D. Fuller fullermd at over-yonder.net
Sat Jan 17 17:44:49 PST 2004


On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 12:47:49AM +0000 I heard the voice of
Colin Percival, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
>   You're absolutely right -- s/oldest process/oldest process which
> started within the past 5 seconds/ would probably be more appropriate.
> (And, for bonus points, we could make this behaviour depend upon a
> global variable which would be set by network drivers if they detected
> the string "slashdot" within any incoming packets...)

ipfw add restrict 256kbit ip from me 80 to any containing "slashdot"
:)


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      haven't figured out how to light the middle yet"


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