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. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos