Okay, post installing haproxy-1.5-dev19 and applying the latest patch haproxy-1.5-dev19-patches-LATEST.tar.gz. The ratelimiting works as expected.
I am guessing, this was some bug which existed on 1.5-dev18, which got fixed on the later versions. Let me know. Thanks, - Karthik <http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.5/src/snapshot/haproxy-1.5-dev19-patches-LATEST.tar.gz> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Lukas Tribus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > > In reference to this URL - > > > http://blog.exceliance.fr/2012/02/27/use-a-load-balancer-as-a-first-row-of-defense-against-ddos/ > > (Limiting the connection rate per user) > > > > It seems the ratelimiting has issues on version 1.5-dev18 > > [...] > > But when I use the same config (minus the ssl line) with version > > 1.5-dev7. The ratelimting works as expected. Any help here is > > appreciated. > > Can you check whether this works in dev19 and a more recent snapshot? > > http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.5/src/snapshot/ > > > > > Regards, > > Lukas

