Thanx for all the resonses (both on- as well as off list) Currently i am following the IP-filtering path, not yet the limi-apache-path. I reckon, if i limit the connections to coming from Uganda only, bandwith will not be a real issue after that :-(
I know have 2 source, Maxmind and afrinic. And i decided to compare the 2. I downloaded the Maxmind .cvs version, and loaded it in my Calc. That only works for the first 65000 or so lines, so the data is not complete. But, we can start drawing some conclusions. I posted the list of afrinic IP's before, and one of the subnets they assign to uganda is 41.220.0.0. Now, if you filter Maxmind on this subnet you get: 41.220.0.0 41.220.15.255 702283776 702287871 UG Uganda 41.220.16.0 41.220.31.255 702287872 702291967 ZW Zimbabwe 41.220.32.0 41.220.47.255 702291968 702296063 MZ Mozambique 41.220.48.0 41.220.63.255 702296064 702300159 GH Ghana 41.220.64.0 41.220.79.255 702300160 702304255 NG Nigeria 41.220.80.0 41.220.95.255 702304256 702308351 SL Sierra Leone 41.220.96.0 41.220.111.255 702308352 702312447 SC Seychelles 41.220.112.0 41.220.127.255 702312448 702316543 KE Kenya 41.220.128.0 41.220.143.255 702316544 702320639 TZ Tanzania, United Republic of 41.220.144.0 41.220.159.255 702320640 702324735 DZ Algeria 41.220.160.0 41.220.175.255 702324736 702328831 MZ Mozambique 41.220.176.0 41.220.191.255 702328832 702332927 TZ Tanzania, United Republic of 41.220.192.0 41.220.207.255 702332928 702337023 MZ Mozambique 41.220.208.0 41.220.223.255 702337024 702341119 UG Uganda 41.220.224.0 41.220.239.255 702341120 702345215 KE Kenya 41.220.240.0 41.220.255.255 702345216 702349311 TZ Tanzania, United Republic of That is different, to say the least. I am missing 2 2 sources, still. Am still googling for an opencource country2IP list, which i have stumbled upon before. And the second list is the routing tables in the MTN/UTL/Datanet/Infocom/AfricaOnline/UIXP routers that decide which traffic goes up the satelite, and which traffic stays here. I think that combining these last 2, we would enable all web-developers in the country (remember, those guys are in a different OSI layer than you live), to optimize their visitors experience a lot. I could sit down to do that privately with my own ISP, but I reckon it is much more benificial to share that info. And did someone mention the UIXP mailing list? On Friday 16 November 2007 17:33:20 Reinier Battenberg wrote: > Hi, > > we offer some downloads on our local server, which is much faster for most > people in Uganda. As long as your ISP is connected to the UIXP. > > I posted a link on the i-network list, and noted that it was for 'people in > uganda'. So someone with a VSAT decided to download a file of 350 MB using a > downloader. > > At a few occasions he had so many sessions open to our server, apache became > irresponsive. ping, ssh, mail all was fine, but apache could not take it > anymore. > > I got 2 questions: > > - Is there a setting in the apache2.conf with which you can limit the amount > of seesions per IP? Wouldnt the default protected me from this behaviour? > > - I now limited the download back to the subnet that the server is in. I would > much more like to allow everyone in uganda to be able to download. How do i > get a list of all Ugandan subnets in use that i can use in my .htaccess > files? > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 782 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
