Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Robert Larson <robert@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Selective bandwidth management in Apache
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:26:37
Message-Id: 200603030924.17062.robert@sixthings.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-server] Selective bandwidth management in Apache by "A. Khattri"
1 On Thursday 02 March 2006 08:24 pm, A. Khattri wrote:
2 > I was wondering if there was a clever way to check the referrer page and
3 > deny requests for pages that are *not* on the site?
4 >
5 > Any ideas?
6
7 If I'm understanding you correctly you could simply install mod_security and
8 create a rule to do this. There shouldn't be a huge performance hit (fewer
9 rules = better performance), and if you wanted you could monitor the logs for
10 repeat offenders.
11
12 Hope this helps,
13
14 Robert Larson
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