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PatPerron_18894
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Mar 28, 2017

Connection rate limit logging

Hi,   I have activated the Connection Rate Limit on one of my VS. When a client hit the limit I can see that message in log: "err tmm[11843]: 01010251:3: Virtual /Common/vs_myvsname_80 exceeded co...
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PatPerron_18894
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Hi,

 

To be more accurate with my question, I configured it "Per Virtual Server and Source Address" mode to help us detect DoS. And I would like to be able to grab the client IP.

 

Can I manage the connection rate by the GUI with that mode and do a log entry (maybe with an iRule) when it's triggered?

 

Thanks

 

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Nik
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Apr 04, 2022

PatPerron_18894did you ever come up with a solution for this?  I just started using per-virtual & per-source ip rate limiting as well and the useless log spam is pretty annoying.  Whenever possible I prefer to use built-in functionality.