Amit Mittal wrote:

> dear all
> that may be disasterous for windows users, as windows
> updates are requisite for protection! rather allow
> them with following modification:
>
> iptables -A FORWORD -d update.microsoft.com -m tcp -p
> tcp -m --dstlimit 5/sec -j ACCEPT
> iptables -A FORWARD -d update.microsoft.com -j DROP
>
> the above says that "connect update.microsoft.com only
> at speed rate 5 packets per seconds". - (bandwidth
> throatleing?)
>
> But I employ some more effort to have both of the
> things: I have put a proxy/cache server, I narrow
> bandwidth in day time (-m time), users hit cache
> server all the time and get updates instantly! No
> dusplicate download on clients! Proxy/cache has 50G
> disk cache, with DNS cache, large memory blocks etc.
> For this you have to compile Squid.
>
> amit
> chandigarh
> 9876229933
>
> --- Jasbir Khehra <jasbk@gmail.com <mailto:jasbk%40gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> >
> > --
> > Bandwidth Saver
> > iptables -I FORWARD -d update.micr0s0ft.com -j
> > REJECT
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:10:53 +0100 (CET)
> > From: rajlist@rajshekhar.net <mailto:rajlist%40rajshekhar.net>
> > To: ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org <mailto:ilugd%40lists.linux-delhi.org>
> > Subject: [ilugd] Lecture on PHP, YUI and Javascript
> >
> > There will be a public lecture in Bangalore at the
> > Taj Westend hotel on
> > Monday the 27th November at 2pm. Rasmus Lerdorf will
> > speak about PHP and a
> > couple of other guys will speak on webdev topics
> >
> > More details
> > http://bluesmoon.livejournal.com/242479.html
> <http://bluesmoon.livejournal.com/242479.html> and
> > http://teemus.livejournal.com/233234.html
> <http://teemus.livejournal.com/233234.html>
> >
>
> .
>
Hi , just to stop this confusion, this post is regarding "A Lecture on
PHP" as also what is implied by the "Subject" header and not what Amit
here is taking about, who has mistaken my signature for something else.
BR,
Jasbir
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Bandwidth Saver
iptables -I FORWARD -d update.micr0s0ft.com -j REJECT