Re: [gentoo-project] [Bugzilla] IP-based limits

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

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On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:43 AM Raymond Jennings <shentino@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:40 AM Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:24 AM Tomas Mozes <hydrapolic@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, August 12, 2020, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> > Bugzilla now has connection limits per IP. I won't say what the limit
>>> is, but if you are crawling bugzilla or using automated tools from a single
>>> source IP you may hit the limit and receive 503's for requests over the
>>> limit.
>>> > This may be a particular problem for users behind things like carrier
>>> grade NAT (where many users are multiplexed through a single egress IP.)
>>> However we have seen numerous slowdowns from bot traffic and this is a
>>> relatively straightforward change to make on our end. If you believe you
>>> are being unfairly limited / blocked, please reach out to
>>> infra@gentoo.org.
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > -A
>>>
>>> Wouldn't 429 be more appropriate?
>>>
>>
>> The limiter doesn't support this, sorry.
>>
>
> For the curious, who wrote the limiter?  Is it an upstream feature
> provided by the bugzilla maintainers?
>

It's the apache max IP limiter.

The thread was intended to inform people that bugzilla has limits now; it's
not intended to solicit advice on how to build the best possible limiter;
I'm aware this one is hokey but I'm happy with it ;)

-A


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>> -A
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>>> Tomas
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