On Thursday 22 September 2005 15:00, Paul-Andrew Joseph Miseiko wrote:
> I see little logic in sending back a KOD as it defeats the purpose of
> limiting abusive clients to begin with.

I can see that point - clients that respect it probably won't earn one in 
the first place.

> What does "code" mean...
>
> It is simply a hex encoding for the restrict line values associated with
> the client.
>
> 0x100 -> notrap
> 0x080 -> nomodify
> 0x040 -> noquery
> 0x020 -> limited (only set when the client has reached it's limit)
> 0x010 -> nopeer

Out of the 600 entries in my monlist right now, not one single row has the 
0x020 bit of the code set.  They're all 0x590 or 0x5b0.

> After awhile the IP above will have the code 0x1d0 which means "limited"
> has been removed.  The limited code is only set when a client becomes
> abusive.
>
> You can modify how "strict" the limit keyword is but I see little point
> in doing so.  The defaults catch the people that would annoy me the most.

It looks like a problem with my ntpd, then, doesn't it?  I literally never 
seem to limit a single client, even the many that are pestering me once 
ever second or two seconds.  Any ideas?
-- 
Kirk Strauser

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