Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 20:34:56 +0100 From: Will Squire <will_squire@hotmail.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can ipfw be used to limit concurrent requests from an IP? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP926330783884990F4A0231DA420@phx.gbl>
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Can ipfw limit the number requests in a given amount of time from a specific IP? To contextualise, if an IP sends requests in high concurrency (let's say 50 a second) can ipfw either block requests the exceed a threshold for that second (lets say the threshold is 20, 30 would be blocked), or ban/deny the given IP for exceeding a threshold? The aim is to lessen strain under DoS attacks, specifically for HTTP. The system is using Apache and mod_evasive has been added and tested, but it is not functioning correctly. (P.S. The freebsd-ipfw list seems to be for development of the technology only, so asking this here. Please let me know if this isn’t the case) Thanks Kind regards, Will Squirehelp
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