Re: FRESH_CONNECT=1 and TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP =5000

[BuraphaLinux S. <bur...@gm...>]

On 8/2/07, Robert Iakobashvili <cor...@gm...> wrote:
>
> On 8/2/07, BuraphaLinux Server <bur...@gm... > wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> Nice hearing from you.
>
> > FRESH_CONNECT=1
> > TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP=5000
> >
> > So what I expect to happen is that after the download and the
> > connection is closed, there will be a 5 second pause, then a new
> > connection will be opened.  Unfortuantely this is not what happens.  I
> > guess that after the download there is a 5 second pause, then a close
> > and reopen almost instantly.
>
> My understanding here is that, when FRESH_CONNECT is set,
> we need:
> 1) to close the connection;
> 2) only after the connection is closed to sleep for TIMER_AFTER_URL_SLEEP;
>
> Please, confirm, that I got it. Thanks.
> In any case your proposal is "The Right Thing to Do" (myTM)
> :)
>
> > What happens is that after one batch of URLs is fetched, the
> > curl-loader goes insane.
> > It tries to connect instanatly and goes into an ultra-fast loop doing
> > that.  Well the ftp server correctly just refuses everything at that
> > point since curl-loader is opening hundreds of connections without
> > waiting between failures.
> >
>
> It is actually DOS-ing. Hope, that this will not be the primary usage of the
> tool.
> :)
>
> I will try next week (Sunday/Monday) to come with this correction and will
> inform you,
> when committed.
>
> My best wishes.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Iakobashvili,

Hello,

    Yes, you understand the problem and what the solution is.  I look
forward to testing your fix.  Thanks!

JGH