server abuse -> IP blocking

[Jens Luedicke]

Hi ...

6 GB of partial downloads!?

any specific user agents like d4x or prozilla?

jens


On 5/26/05, Auke Kok <sofar at lunar-linux.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> With the release of the 1.5.0 ISO we have seen an intolerable amount of
> people using broken download agents. This results in a huge amount of
> traffic that is lost forever. We have taken action against this and
> those who use broken download managers will be BLOCKED immediately from
> the main lunar server and possibly mirrors.
> 
> To give you an idea: Some people have downloaded over 6 gigabyte worth
> of broken ISO's in the last 2 days. That is about 24 ISO's in total!!!
> Needless to say that is unacceptable.
> 
> Please be nice to our servers and in particular our sponsor, who
> gratuitously provides the bandwidth and pays for it. We like to keep him
> befriended for much longer.
> 
> 
> sofar
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