>Hello all, Hello J., >I am dared to see what "ab" (apache benchmarking too) can do against >an apache server. I have used the following against my server to check >call handling You can use hashlimit [1] match of iptables to limit concurrent connections from single IP. [1] http://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables -> lookup hashlimit; note: current versions of hashlimit can also use srcip as --hashlimit-mode; that's probably what you want Cheers, Marek Kierdelewicz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html