Rejecting a connection based on address and time of day?

I haven't had a chance to try this out, but I think the general logic MAY look something like this:

 

 

1. Create a Datagroup named "ServerAddress" and throw in the IP of the server. If you use a datagroup it can be easier to expand the iRule in the future (IMO).

 

 

2. iRule similar to the one below:

 

 

 

when RULE_INIT {

 

"clock seconds" will return the time in seconds

 

"clock format" will format the previous value with it's date/time components

 

split will chop the returned string into a list of elements.

 

set l [split [clock format [clock seconds] -format {%A %H}] " "]

 

 

Next add the time check logic:

 

if { ([lindex $l 1] >= 0) &&

 

([lindex $l 1] < 2) } {

 

Put in iRule logic here

 

if {([matchclass [IP::client_addr] equals $::ServerAddress])} {

 

discard

 

}

 

}