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Laurent_P_
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Aug 06, 2007

Performance impact of HTTP::respond

Hi,     We have a customer requesting ability to limite the rate of HTTP request. The iRule which has been developed answers with HTTP::respond 501 when the maximum rate is reached.   Testin...
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Laurent_P_
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Aug 07, 2007
The rand() function was used to uniquely identify each user request.

 

 

The clock() command is used to have a kind of sliding window of time in order to determine the 'human behaviour'.

 

 

Any alternatives to these commands ?