Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-05 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some

[CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some time ago when the administration hiring me wanted to do it on their own,

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Andrew Colin Kissa
Since your users are just in one country you could limit access to only that country using either geoip for apache or geoip for iptables. On 04 Nov 2009, at 11:16 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Fabian Arrotin
Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some time ago when the administration hiring me

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread John Doe
From: Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net Then, I took a peek in /var/log/httpd and the *-access.log files show quite some activity. Some haphazard whois on various IP addresses show me that these are no library users from around here. Like: Bogota?!? Peking?!? And quite some search engines.

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Niki Kovacs
John Doe a écrit : robots.txt for search engines. Maybe put a .htaccess file to only allow your library users (login/passwd)... Can't do that. The online catalog has to remain accessible for local folks. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread David Hrbáč
Niki Kovacs napsal(a): Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. Niki, limit access as much as possible. Geoip is your friend. You can

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Peter Hopfgartner
Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some time ago when the administration hiring me wanted

Re: [CentOS] Who's eating our bandwidth?

2009-11-04 Thread Brian Mathis
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 4:16 AM, Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net wrote: Hi, I've recently setup a new server for our public libraries. For the last two years, this has been my first big job, since it involves networking eleven small to medium size public libraries. There was a hiccup some