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I'm 99% sure HN runs on FreeBSD.

• ck2 14y ago
  Good thing you left that 1% ;-) Server: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) XT_CONNLIMIT does miracles for apache especially. Actually looks like I am wrong. Static objects are coming from Amazon while dynamic are coming from another server @theplanet.com Apache/2.2.19 (FreeBSD) So you are right, it's FreeBSB, but it's still Apache which really needs connection throttling. But there might be a reverse proxy in place. You can also IP throttle with a module in nginx.
  • laumars 14y ago
    They also should upgrade Apache as there's a known vulnerability with pre-2.2.20 versions that leaves Apache open to an easy DoS attack.