Re: [CentOS] which firewall to automatically block bandwidth abusers?

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Rudi Ahlers wrote:

Let's try again:

I need to automatically block any user who abuses bandwidth, either incoming or outgoing. I should be able to set the limits, in either rate/s or usage/s: 1Mb/s or 10GB/h, for example.

Then, any users, connecting from anywhere, on any IP should be blocked

• either if he uploads or downloads (i.e ingres & outgres) for a

specific amount of time.

As one might imagine there is at least one commercial product that seems to fit the bill.

http://www.aspirantinfotech.com/downloads/Cyberoam/pdf/Managing-bandwidth-th...

I mention this as I thought it was well written and thorough. After reading the pdf seems to me there ought to be something open source based upon perhaps this: http://lartc.org/lartc.html

Anyway maybe some food for thought.