Re: Possibility of integrating mod_cband features in mod_log_sql

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Thomas Goirand<thomas@...> wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> There's a lot of people that would be interested in having something
> like mod_cband, but a working one. The goal is to have an apache module
> that would be capable of maintaining a score board, and do throttling
> for each vhosts of a web server, in order to provide shared hosting.
>
> I have already worked out a score board in mod_log_sql. So this part is
> already done. Now, we'd have to work on something that can actually USE
> this information in order to slow down somebody that is out of bandwidth
> quota.
>
> What do you think Edward? Would you be interested in working on this
> with me and others? I have at least 2 other people that would be
> interested, but they told me that they are not so good in programming. I
> think I could work something out, but I know that you are a lot better
> than me at doing apache modules.
>
> Did you look at mod_cband? It seems nice, but it has been removed from
> Debian because it's buggy, and the upstream is quite dead. The issue
> here is that mod_cband uses a FILE score board, while we can do a lot
> better in DB.
>
> let me know what you think,
>
> Thomas
>
> P.S: Please leave Steven as CC, as I don't think he registered to the list.
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