[756] in resnet
Re: Webcams....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keith Sproul)
Fri Feb 1 15:30:37 2002
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Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 15:19:43 -0500
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From: Keith Sproul <ksproul@RCI.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
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I do a lot with web-cams, and love them. I also run the Resnet here,
and I have not seen this type of problem, but our web/ftp servers are
big enough that they probably wouldn't be impacted..
I would simply tell them to restrict it to once a minute, or once
every few minutes..
>Hi everyone...
>
>We've recently begun to encounter the webcam phenomenon... Here's what
>we're seeing:
>
>Users are setting up webcams, and configuring them to upload images via ftp
>to our web servers every 4 seconds. This has really begun to tax the
>resources of our servers. So my questions to you all are these:
>
>How do you handle webcams? Do you have policies that address the
>cameras? Do you have technical solutions that resolve the issue?
>
>Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
>
>-Rick
>
>
>-------------
>Rick Coloccia
>Network Analyst
>SUNY Geneseo
>124B2 South Hall
>Geneseo, NY 14454
>Voice: (585) 245-5577
>Fax: (585) 245-5579
>
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Keith Sproul ksproul@rci.rutgers.edu WU2Z
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Rutgers University Computing Services
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