Can I limit the number of connections from a client?

[nyt72]

Is there any option in suqid which restrict the client 2 browse a single page only at a time.

[nyt72]

I found the solution myself.
Yes, use the maxconn ACL type in conjunction with http_access deny. For example:

acl losers src 1.2.3.0/24
acl 5CONN maxconn 5
http_access deny 5CONN losers

Given the above configuration, when a client whose source IP address is in the 1.2.3.0/24 subnet tries to establish 6 or more connections at once, Squid returns an error page. Unless you use the deny_info feature, the error message will just say ``access denied.''

Note, the maxconn ACL type is kind of tricky because it uses less-than comparison. The ACL is a match when the number of established connections is greater than the value you specify. Because of that, you don't want to use the maxconn ACL with http_access allow.

Also note that you could use maxconn in conjunction with a user type (ident, proxy_auth), rather than an IP address type.

[jasonlambert]

** Thanks for the follow-up post, it will be a great help to others searching for an answer to the same problem in future. Cheers,

Jason