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Re: Enforce Per User IP Traffic Quota

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Subject: Re: Enforce Per User IP Traffic Quota
From: Marc Haber <mh+netfilter@zugschlus.de>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 09:23:32 +0200
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On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 06:55:04PM +1200, Gardner wrote:
>  I have been searching for a way to limit certain users to a certain
> amount of IP traffic per month.

You need to first find out how you plan to securely _identify_ your
users to prevent them from stealing each others traffic. Depending on
which method of identification you choose, you may have means to
impose the traffic limit at a place where it is easier to impose than
from within netfilter.

Greetings
Marc

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