Re: Inbound connections limit in Windows XP

Ben Hochstrasser wrote:
>
> Okay, what if you place an accelerator proxy or a NAT device between
> the clients and your box? Then only that device is - technically -
> connecting to your system. One client, but possibly more than ten
> connections...

Hmmm, perhaps.

> I'd say that the essence of the EULA is that thou shalt not use thy
> XP box as a productive server. When in doubt, get a Windows Server or
> a Linux/FreeBSD system...

OK, but Server CAL's are (AFAIK) registered on a named user basis,
so anonymous inbound TCP connections would not appear to be counted then?

--
Kristofer


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