Re: next topic: --limit and --burst-limit

[Cedric Blancher <blancher@cartel-securite.fr>]

Le jeu 31/10/2002 à 15:27, Robert P. J. Day a écrit :
> 1)  how many packets can i accept in an initial burst if they just
>     come flooding in?  i assumed 5, you contend 8.  (IOW, i assumed
>     that i have just 5 tokens to start with, you seem to think that
>     it's 5 + 3 = 8.  so which is it?

I assumed this, but I've just finished doing some testings and I must
admit you're right. Burst represent your initial amount of tokens.
So 5.

> 2) regardless of the traffic, how frequently and by how much does my
>    token bucket get refilled?  it could be adding 3 every hour, or
>    it could be more uniform and be adding an extra token every
>    20 minutes.  (the latter would produce a more uniform packet
>    acceptance behavior.  the average would, of course, turn out to
>    be the same, but the distribution would look different.)

Well, I am no sure of anything about this match anymore, so I will let
some developper answer ;)))

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