From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Samuel Subject: Re: Throttle Users Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 12:13:01 -0800 Message-ID: <4390AACD.8020805@bcgreen.com> References: <200511291256.06255.dlubowa@bushnet.net> <17292.14251.241443.981919@cerise.gclements.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <17292.14251.241443.981919@cerise.gclements.plus.com> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Glynn Clements Cc: dlubowa@bushnet.net, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org You could redirect to a SQUID cache that would redirect any proper HTTP to a notice page and drop anything else. OpenBSD PF tables seem like a nice way to filter for offenders. Glynn Clements wrote: >David Ziggy Lubowa wrote: > > >>Anyone got any ideas on this , would like in the most primitive way for now >>be able to have users who have not paid there bill be redirected to a page >>and also not be able to use any of my bandwidth say put a minimum of 8k , >>anyone got any ideas. >> >> > >Bandwidth restrictions are reasonable enough, but I would advise >against attempting to implement redirection. HTTP isn't just for web >browsers; some programs use it to retrieve data, and replacing that >data with HTML may have adverse consequences. > > -- Stephen Samuel +1(604)450-0066 samnospam@bcgreen.com http://www.bcgreen.com/ Powerful committed communication. Transformation touching the jewel within each person and bringing it to light.