Re: Mod_bandwidth, mod_throttle

[Kalum / Grendel <kalum delrom ro>]

On  Fri, 27 Jul 2001, billfarr ages com commented thusly,

> I noticed these in the /usr/lib/apache directory on RH7.1, but I can't find
> any mention of them either on www.apache.org or on www.redhat.com.  The
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd script finds these and sets -D flags for them, but
> there isn't much in the httpd.conf file to go on, either.  If there is some
> sort of bandwidth control or throttling a` la IIS, I'd love to be able to
> employ it.


On a side issue Bill, I dont think throttling the bandwith of a server
would achieve much since this serverside bandwith limitation can be
overcome by making multiple connections to the server, so thus say you
limit the speed per conenction to 100k/sec, if I use prozilla
<http://prozilla.delrom.ro> which makes mutiple connections with say 4
connections, I will get 4*100 k/sec=400k/sec. Thus I will be circumventing
your serverside limitation.  So I dont think that bandwith throttling on
HTTP servers is going to serve much use, unless you limit the numbver of
logins per IP which is pratiaclly not feasible for HTTP servers for
obvious reasons, (many browsers make multiple connections to download a
page and the graphics in it).

Best Wishes,
Grendel


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