If he really wants to help the UG community, he can request to have his box hosted at the UIXP and use a one of the non-internet routable ixp addresses. As long as it is not a commercial service, I don't think anybody would object.
PS:He may need to make a monthly visit to blow out the dust. At one time I had a box there but the dust quickly killed the CPU fan. -- Hari Mark Tinka wrote: > On Saturday 17 November 2007 16:53, Reinier Battenberg > wrote: > >> 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 :-( > > You could also deploy 2 servers and have a link that says > something like, "If you are in Uganda, click here" and "If > you are outside Uganda, click here". > > Give both servers IP addresses from different blocks. Make > sure the server that handles requests from .ug does not > have its address space announced to upstream service > providers. But ensure it is announced to the UIXP. > > You can then decide whether you want the server that handles > international requests to be accessible to both > international and Ugandan visitors. > > This is all BGP routing policy, but it might be easier for > you to apply access restrictions this way. > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
