From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22728 invoked by alias); 22 Aug 2008 14:56:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 22689 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Aug 2008 14:56:56 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com (HELO snape.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.199) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:55:06 +0000 Received: from localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by snape.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B555DC8090; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:55:04 +0100 (BST) Received: from snape.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (snape.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id c06egaA8KC9R; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:55:02 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <48AED345.6070105@eCosCentric.com> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:34:00 -0000 From: Jonathan Larmour User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070530) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "H.J. Lu" CC: Nick Clifton , binutils@sources.redhat.com, GDB , overseers@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Is something wrong with CVS server? References: <20080822141330.GA11181@lucon.org> <48AECC76.20501@redhat.com> <6dc9ffc80808220730v695527f4gd2eb78334c25c019@mail.gmail.com> <6dc9ffc80808220733l34fa9e27r8f5cc90e729fff18@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6dc9ffc80808220733l34fa9e27r8f5cc90e729fff18@mail.gmail.com> OpenPGP: id=A5FB74E6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-08/txt/msg00261.txt.bz2 H.J. Lu wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:30 AM, H.J. Lu wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Nick Clifton wrote: >>> Hi H.J. >>>> bash-3.2$ cvs -z 3 -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb >>>> cvs [checkout aborted]: reading from server: Connection reset by peer >>>> >>>> >>> This is probably related to the recent security problem that has been >>> affecting some public systems. Please try accessing the CVs server again - >>> it is definitely working for me. If you still have problems, then ping the >>> overseers list. >>> >> It still doesn't work for me. Did you use "-d >> :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src"? >> > > "-d :ext:hjl@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" works. But "-d > :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src" > doesn't work. Some stupid web crawler ignored robots.txt and started crawling through CGI script output. This sent sourceware's load through the roof, and when the load exceeds a certain level, anonymous connections are suspended. The relevant IP has been blocked and the load is now sane again. Jifl -- eCosCentric Limited http://www.eCosCentric.com/ The eCos experts Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 1223 245571 Registered in England and Wales: Reg No 4422071. ------["Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere"]------ Opinions==mine