FTPz and hammering

[unique]

I'm sorry to but this in here, but this is where ppl are the most, and i couldn't find out where else to put it.. cause it's somewhere a request, and i could also put it in the chat "About everything".. but here it is:...

I have been forced to ban 7 people from my FTP because of hammering ... I feel that it's not only me having this problem... We share FTPz so u people can get warez or whatever we are sharing. do NOT abuse it... There is no need to hammer a server. if it's full, it's full and the only thing u can do is try later... PLEASE stop the hammering!!!!

[kazath]

i agree with the above. most people dont even know they are doing it. turn of the retry in you DL/FTP software !

i am having trouble with my adsl. it seems to be the isp so i am taking the server offline to avoid pissing off people who are 100mb into there DL when the thing screws and i have to disconect and reconect. will bring it back on in the morning and see what happens.

[bojazz]

Yes you are right, everyone should turn off the retry function , ore atleast set the numbers of retry´s to a minimum, it will keep the ftp´s alive and running smoth.

THX annyway  

[Psypher]

This is all well and good, but most of the people that do the hammering dont know A) what it is, B) how their doing it, and C) what to do to stop it.  You figure most of the people that are banned, are also the same people who come in later and complain that it doesnt work because they don't realize theyve been banned.  I say ban em anyway, but we've just got to realize those facts.

[PWMaxim]

Psypher said:

This is all well and good, but most of the people that do the hammering dont know A) what it is, B) how their doing it, and C) what to do to stop it.  You figure most of the people that are banned, are also the same people who come in later and complain that it doesnt work because they don't realize theyve been banned.  I say ban em anyway, but we've just got to realize those facts.

I say have it autoban people so this problem doesn't occur but once for each IP.

[Psypher]

Is there a way that you can TELL them they've been banned as well.  Obviously, it'll have to be a message in the same area as all your other ones, but certainly it can't be very hard to have it Auto-Ban and then say "Fuck you, you've been banned because of hammering" or what have you.  Atleast that way we'd get fewer "this ftp doesn't work" posts from the n00bs.