Re: "Ghost" connections causing connection limit to be reached

Steve Matzura <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.icecast.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
If there's a max-listener-duration on a mountpoiunt, would it affect 
services like TuneIn when that duration is reached, or do these services 
connect one stream per user?

On 2/3/2023 6:58 PM, Ross Levis wrote:
>  > The KH edition of Icecast has had those features for several years. > 
 > > > <mount> > > <mount-name>/*</mount-name> <!-- all mounts--> > > 
<max-listener-duration>43200</max-listener-duration > > </mount> > > 
<paths> > > <deny-ip>./deny.txt</deny-ip> > > </paths> > > > > 
*From:*Icecast [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Fred > 
Gleason *Sent:* Saturday, 4 February 2023 3:52 am *To:* Icecast > 
streaming server user discussions *Subject:* Re: [Icecast] "Ghost" > 
connections causing connection limit to be reached > > > > On Feb 3, 
2023, at 04:50, Tony Harding <[email protected] > 
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Not that I am 
advocating for Shoutcast, but it does have two features > that would be 
useful, A ban list, and a maximum duration setting. No > one listens for 
more than 24 hours. > > > > Human beings certainly don’t, but the use 
cases for Icecast are much > wider than merely streaming to individual 
listeners. E.g. broadcast > studio-to-transmitter links, where 
multiple-month long session > durations are absolutely typical. > > > > 
Cheers! > > > > > > 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 > > > | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. |             Chief 
Developer             |
>  > | | Paravel Systems > | > > 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
 > > > | "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of very, very long cat. 
You      |
>  > | pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. > 
| > > | Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: 
 > | > > | you send signals here, they receive them there. The only 
difference > | > > | is that there is no cat." > |

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