"Dziugas Baltrunas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi list, > > I'm wondering if there any plans to implement implement a response > body length limitation inside mod_proxy? > > For now we have only a global LimitRequestBody and what I'm looking is > an analog "LimitResponseBody". In case Apache HTTP works as a > reverse/forward proxy, it's usual case for a proxy to block > downloading files of a certain size (huge MP3 files as an example). > > To illustrate, squid for this purpose has reply_body_max_size [1] > parameter. Looks like it is only Content-Length response header (if > any) dependent, but IMHO with Apache filtering mechanism it should be > possible to cancel a fetch transaction when output byte counter > reaches some boundary. > > I've also tried to look at exiting third party modules like > mod_throttle [2] (deprecated), mod_cband [3] and mod_bw [4], but all > of them seem to be tied on bandwidth limitations and not a limits of a > single request.
mod_security may do the trick. > Thanks in advance. > > [1] > http://www.visolve.com:81/squid/squid30/accesscontrols.php#reply_body_max_size > [2] http://www.snert.com/Software/apache.html > [3] http://cband.linux.pl/ > [4] http://bwmod.sourceforge.net/, http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/mod_bw/ > > -- > Dziugas Baltrunas
