On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:46:54 +0100
Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > > If you find a apache2 module still unpacked, let me know...
> >
> > What about mod_iplimitconn?
> > http://dominia.org/djao/limitipconn2.html
> 
> Ahh, that one. Yes I looked at it, but it requires that you patch the apache
> 
> core. I'm not comfortable with that, maybe jmdault has more good points on 
> this. Apache2 is soon to be moved to main, and then I can't touch it as
> easy, but I don't want to sneak in a patch just to make this module work.
> It's better to wait until the module author(s) fix the module so that you
> don't have to patch the apache core I think.

That was my first impression too, but the patch for apache is only necessary
for clients using proxies. Without the apache patch, 2 clients using the same
proxy will be counted as the same client. This would only affect high-traffic
sites, which you can call a limitation. For not-so-high-traffic sites, it
shouldn't be a big problem.

> > I believe I used mod_throttle or mod_bandwidth once, and was dissapointed
> > that it just refuses connections after the limits have been reached (or
> > was that user error?).
> > I haven't used mod_iplimitconn myself, but it seems to be a good way to
> > set a maximum to connections per client adress.
> 
> Have you tried mod_bwshare yet?
> http://www.deserve-it.com/third_party_modules_for_apache2_1.html

No, I haven't. According to the docs on the site it seems good. It at least
gives a usefull error :-) Better then "connection refused" or something. I
should try it out.

--
Marcel Pol


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