Maybe the default should be raised ast well - atleast to 60...
	once connection a second should be ok...

		David/abs

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On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, Neil J. McRae wrote:

> > 
> > > >Fix:
> > > 	This used to happen on SunOS boxes, sun replaced the inetd with another
> > > one that let you specify how many connections in a given time.
> > 
> > Check out the inetd(8) man page; we've had this option for a couple of years.
> > 
> Yeah found it, must open my eyes more :)
> 
> 
> >From the man page for future reference.
> 
>      The optional ``max'' suffix (separated from
>      ``wait'' or ``nowait'' by a dot) specifies the maximum number of server
>      instances that may be spawned from inetd within an interval of 60 sec-
>      onds. When omitted, ``max'' defaults to 40.
> 
> Neil
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