Protect nginx from hammering

Question

I would like to protect my nginx+pessenger+rails3 HTTP server from hammering/scraping. If you try to scrape the Google it shows you a captcha in case you make too many requests from the same IP. What module should I use?

Thanks.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '12 at 00:23

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You can throttle connections with the following

http://wiki.nginx.org/NginxHttpLimitReqModule

answered Apr 05 '12 at 00:23

Mike

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Hey... thanks for the answer! Do you know what is the usual configuration for it? – xpepermint Apr 05 '12 at 06:05
@xpepermint: The documentation linked to in the answer gives examples. – womble Apr 05 '12 at 06:10
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Hey... I'm asking for the best practice info ... – xpepermint Apr 05 '12 at 07:18

Protect nginx from hammering

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