On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Mike <mike at microdel.org> wrote: > 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-the-User-based-approach.pdf > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > Thanx. We already tried the cyberoams, but they didn't work as expected since they manage bandwidth on a per-user basis, and our "users" come from the world-wide-web. I have read through that document link on http://lartc.org/lartc.html#AEN1393 and the closest I could get is rate limiting, but that doesn't actually block the IP if it goes over a certain threshold, it just slows everything down. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532