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Shabbyrobe
Asked: 2009-08-10 23:09:36 +0800 CST

Throttle file uploads using Apache 2

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Is there a way to throttle only file uploads (not downloads) using Apache 2 on a per-directory basis?

I've tried using mod_bw and looked at mod_throttle, but neither seem to support upload throttling, only downloads.

apache-2.2

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    It's quite difficult to throttle uploads, since you are not at the source of the sending.

    The only thing you can do is to temper TCP ACKs (by delaying them).

    I don't know a reliable way to do it at the application level, except of not reading the socket anymore. A quite general way would be to do it at the OS level.

    A solution at apache's level would be something like bwshare. If you want to avoid DOS, you can just send 503 as quoted in media wiki's Request Throttling page.

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