Hello!

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:19:34AM -0400, double wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a chance to set an IP-Range with the "HTTP Limit Zone"
> or the "HTTP Limit Requests" module?
> Like 1.2.3.4/8 -> ignore the last 8 bits of the internet address.
>
> It would reduce the required zone-size and would help against
> DDoS attacks.

You are free to use any variable in limit_zone/limit_req_zone. It
should be possible to produce needed variable with rewrite module
(or alternatively via embedded perl).

Maxim Dounin