[Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting

[David Thomas]

Hmmm.

That might not be the most elegant solution, but let's explore its 
viability.

To begin with, another requirement I should have mentioned earlier is
that the solution needs to be usable by less sophisticated 
administrators.

Rate-limiting could work for a separate IP block.  Would you only need 
to block outbound?  That's what the REAL problem is with Kazaa.  The
upstream provider (us) had to shut down the circuit because somebody
would download an mp3 and then the box would get slammed by thousands
of users wanting that file.

Alternatively, would it be possible to monitor traffic by IP and offer
a web interface for the less sophisticated admins to block the 
offending machines?  Incorporate a cron job to do that automatically?
Could the cron rate-limit specific IPs, then send mail to an admin
to use the web interface?

Ideally this could be done at the switch level, but I think an embedded
linux box could get this done with minimal fuss.

Oh.  I don't have the expertise to do it.  I've got to pay somebody to
do it.  Any takers?  Todd?  Jeff?

Dave

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:11:21PM -0800, Todd Lyons (todd at mrball.net) wrote:
Subject: Re: [Lula-biz] hello and I need quote for consulting
Message ID: <20030212021121.GC16492 at mrball.net>

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> >On the inside is a NAT to 300 workstations for students  that generate
> >and unnacceptable amount of Gnutella and Kazaa traffic saturating the 
> >DSL pipe.  That's gotta stop.
> 
> Yeah right.  Have you ever tried to block Kazaa before?  The best thing
> you can do is put all of them in the same IP block and then rate limit
> that block.  Kazaa isn't easy like Napster was.
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