On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 06:12:34PM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> >-C rate
> >       Specify the default maximum number of times a service can be
> >       invoked from a single IP address in one minute; the default is
> >       unlimited.  May be overridden on a per-service basis with the
> >       "max-connections-per-ip-per-minute" parameter.
> 
> >From our inetd(8) manpage:
[..]
>      The optional ``max'' suffix (separated from ``wait'' or ``nowait'' by a
>      dot or a colon) specifies the maximum number of server instances that
>      may be spawned from inetd within an interval of 60 seconds.  When
>      omitted, ``max'' defaults to 40.

Jeremy is proposing a limit for a single IP and not for all IPs.

I would like to see the changes integrated.

Bernd