In message <cf2kcl$1un$2@colwyn.zhadum.de>, Matthias Scheler writes:
>In article <20040805071523.5A3B31AECF@berkshire.research.att.com>,
>	Steve Bellovin <smb@research.att.com> writes:
>> # cvs -q update -P -d
>> ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
>> cvs [update aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any
>)
>> # cvs -q update -P -d
>> fork failed
>> Resource temporarily unavailable
>> 
>> Not good when I'm trying to see if there's a fixed graphics/png...
>
>It's probably overloaded because all users hammer on it instead of
>using one of the mirrors.
>

Regardless of that as a general observation, the behavior over the last 
few days was significantly worse than anything I'd seen for a fair 
number of months.  That suggests that *something* has changed.  (It 
seems fine today, though.)


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb