>Maybe you need to use iptables with connlimit patch's for this. Could be >more clean than modify the FD number. Don't run iptables for product web service including Squid -- this is my honest suggestion. -- Books below translated by me to Chinese. Practical mod_perl: http://home.earthlink.net/~pangj/mod_perl/ Squid the Definitive Guide: http://home.earthlink.net/~pangj/squid/