Did Usenet connections get limited?

[aw]

Hello,
Noticed this morning that I can't get more than two connections to news.sonic, and they're running rather slow.

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[root@muscledog ~]# netstat -an |grep 199.245
tcp        0      0 64.142.22.68:60141      199.245.68.11:119       ESTABLISHED

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[root@muscledog ~]# telnet news.sonic.net 119
Trying 199.245.68.11...
Connected to news.sonic.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
400 nnrp1.nntp.sonic.net: Your host connection limit reached - news@sonic.net
Connection closed by foreign host.

Did something get changed?

[kgc]

Maybe, are you running authentication Alan?

[aw]

Negative. Should I be?

[kgc]

No. To confirm, the news server saw 8/8 connections active when you were getting this error. They'll timeout eventually. I wouldn't bother with any additional troubleshooting unless it becomes persistent.