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Nicky_Lo_70982
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Oct 10, 2005

Limit client HTTP connections in certain period

Hi all,     I would like to limit the nummber of HTTP connections from same IP address. I found that some posts have talk about the similar stuff e.g. http://devcentral.f5.com/default.aspx?tabid...
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unRuleY_95363
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Oct 11, 2005
You would need to use the "clock" command which isn't properly supported until 9.2.

 

 

Basically, you would want to store the time of the connection in the session table (probably with a count) and then check that time when another connection comes in. You could then impose a number connections per time period restriction. You can certainly prototype this, but please wait for 9.2 before putting the "clock" command into production as it's impact has not been determined and it is not supported.