On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 18:14:45 -0300, Vincent BLANQUE wrote:
Hi everybody,
I would like to limit the connection to my webserver defining
policies
relative to the data volume downloaded and the time connection by
IP/by month. Do you think it is possible to implement it with Squid
as
a reverse proxy? Is it easy?
No. Squid is not a good place to define quotas.
My server run with Django. As the user need to be authentified maybe
it s a best solution to define a time limit thru the time session,
but
for the data volume downloaded?
thx,
Vincent
The main purposes for having squid as reverse-proxy is to reduce
backend volume and add scalability. Placing quotas voids both of those
benefits.
Also, to complicate matters HTTP is stateless and the concept of time
in squid is dynamic. So sessions do not exist.
The best way to run quotas is with an external system that keeps track
or requests and updates visitors permissions live. Squid can integrate
with such a system using its streaming access_log modules and
external_acl_type ACLs.
Amos
