> I.e., I think that "shares per IP" is more generally useful than
> "connections per IP" (and even for the special cases in that raised this
> topic, it would work at least as well---maybe better).
>
> An alternative for people who want to suppress "download accelerators"
> is to just remove the "REST" command from your personal copies of ftpd.
> I bet that, in your small, specialized group, you never actually had
> a user who *needed* it, but only use it for their "accelerators".
>
No, that a great idea!  I add flexabilty to the concept of one connection,
one IP and answers the problem of accelerators and NATs.

If you only want, one IP to one connection, so be it.  If you want to allow
5 connections, per IP, you can.

jam