Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 00:00:30 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Yusuf Goolamabbas <yusufg@outblaze.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there any mechanism/patch to limit total number of connections/IP Message-ID: <20020320000030.A42197@iguana.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <20020320075658.GA27302@outblaze.com> References: <20020320075658.GA27302@outblaze.com>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:56:58PM +0800, Yusuf Goolamabbas wrote: > Hi, In the Linux netfilter world, there exists a kernel/netfilter > patch called iplimit which does what the subject mention > > Is there anything similar in freebsd or can this be emulated via ipfw > in any form of course :) there is a "limit" option in ipfw which does this. Check the manpage in a recent FreeBSD (4.5) Having implemented it, I still believe that it makes a lot more sense to limit bandwidth using dummynet pipes rather than number of connections (which can be widely different in resource usage). cheers luigi > > http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/netfilter-extensions-HOWTO.html#toc3.3 > > Regards, Yusuf > > -- > Yusuf Goolamabbas > yusufg@outblaze.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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