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

On 8/18/2011 2:01 PM, 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.

Those requirements don't mesh very well with the real world. That is, people use use a network that they've been provided or paid for aren't necessarily 'abusing' anything, and blocking access at times when the network isn't fully loaded doesn't help anyone. What's the big picture here? Don't you really need QOS to throttle certain things at peak times only?