[Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting

[Steve Redlich]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Peter Benjamin wrote:

> At 07:27 PM 2/11/2003, David Thomas wrote:
> >would download an mp3 and then the box would get slammed by thousands
> >of users wanting that file.
>
> Why not have a firewall packet data filter look at the outgoing
> URL request for an extension of mp3 and just deny it?

This sounds like a job for an http proxy.  I run "John's no-ads proxy auto
configuration script" http://www.schooner.com/~loverso/no-ads/
this could be used to block mp3s as well.

With 300+ users, A caching proxy would really help speed things up
as well. http://www.squid-cache.org

Steve
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