Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 4192 invoked by uid 6000); 1 Jan 1998 23:57:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 4180 invoked from network); 1 Jan 1998 23:57:45 -0000 Received: from localhost.hyperreal.org (HELO brianb.organic.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 1 Jan 1998 23:57:45 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980101153809.007cba90@localhost> X-Sender: brian@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 15:38:09 -0800 To: new-httpd@apache.org, ed@organic.com From: Brian Behlendorf Subject: Re: worth fixing "read headers forever" issue? In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org At 10:36 PM 12/31/97 -0800, Dean Gaudet wrote: >Using gperf or other perfect hash generators you could generate a perfect >hash for url-spaces. But you're probably also interested in doing this >for incoming IP addresses to prevent too many simultaneous connections, >but it should be possible to make the hash table large enough to deal >with this too. Ed Korthof did something along the "prevent too many simultaneous connections from the same IP #" path, back when we were getting connection-bombed by folks because of a bug in the Windows MSIE 3.0 with Macromedia Director installed. Ed, did you ever submit a patch for that? Brian --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-- specialization is for insects brian@organic.com