Re: Block access that is too fast with iptables

From: Tim Haynes (usenet-20040330_at_stirfried.vegetable.org.uk)
Date: 03/30/04


Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:43:33 +0100

Vito Corleone <corleone@godfather.com> writes:

> How do I block access from certain IP that fetch too fast from my web
> server?

iptables -m limit --help

You might be better off investigating mod_throttle, though.

> My web server was attacked with thousands of request to random pages in
> short amount of time.

You put it online, you deal with the consequences...

~Tim

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