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Subject: Re: rate limit with pf instead of IPFW
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Take a look at this option with the others hinted in the previous replies,
quoted directly from the man page:
max-src-conn-rate _number_ / _seconds_
	   Limit the rate of new connections over a time interval.  The con-
	   nection rate is an approximation calculated as a moving average.