[SAC] [OSGeo] #216: Fighting Bandwidth Accelerators

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#216: Fighting Bandwidth Accelerators
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Reporter:  warmerdam  |       Owner:  sac at lists.osgeo.org
    Type:  task       |      Status:  new                
Priority:  normal     |   Component:  SAC                
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 It would be helpful to have a strategy to limit bandwidth accelerators.
 That is, situations where one IP open many connections, often on the same
 file - in an apparent attempt to download it quickly. In some cases this
 seems to be misconfigured and result in repeated downloads, and in other
 cases it just ties up a lot of server slots, potentially denying other
 users service.

 One suggestion has been to use mod_cband to limit bandwidth, but this
 doesn't really stop multiple connections at once, and might limit
 legitimate high bandwidth use. A also, the mod_cband site
 (http://cband.linux.pl) does not seem to be available.

 Another promising looking option is mod_limitipconn:

  http://dominia.org/djao/limitipconn2.html

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