Robert L Mathews wrote: > You guys need a rate-limiting policy that's automatically enforced.
From the way it was described, it sounds to me like they *DO* have a rate-limiting policy that is automatically enforced, but one which is only invoked when there is noticeable damage being done. Which is to say that anything goes, but if you create problems, you'll be automatically cut off. I suspect the logic goes something like this (in syntactically correct pseudocode <grin>):
If (average response time over the last five minutes is less than X) {
For each connected IP {
if (load accounts for more than Y% of requests) {
suspend access for IP until 24 hours from now
}
}
}This sounds to me like the best of all worlds: You can do ANYTHING you wish, but if you begin to create problems for others, then the system will simply cut you off. That would explain why nobody can give you the exact restrictions, since the restrictions ebb and flow depending on the load on the machine.
Regards, Eric Longman Atl-Connect Internet Services
