On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:17:04 +0100
Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello apache wizards.
> My PLF site is victim of his own success :-)
> As it is a rather old machine, running an old version of FreeBSD, too many 
> people downloading simultaneously too many packages make the server freeze.
> Is there a way in apache to enforce global bandwith use limits or 
> simultaneous connexion, and thus protect it ? I know FTP server allow this 
> kind of stuff to protect from hammering.

There's mod_throttle.
I haven't used it yet, but I'd like to set it up soon.

If you use a linux iptables firewall, you can use iproute2 and tc to set bandwidth 
limitations



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Marcel Pol
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Linux 2.4.16-10mdksmp, up 6:00, 3 users


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