Restrict number of clients connecting from a single IP

[danmal]

Basically I'm wondering if it's possible to restrict the number of clients that can connect from a single ip address. So if I had an option of say maxClientsPerIP and then set it to 4 then only a maximum of 4 clients from a single IP could connect. If a 5th client tried to connect then they'd just fail to connect.

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

[kevlarman]

there isn't any code that allows this currently, i've done this in the past with iptables' iplimit module though.

[danmal]

Thanks for the reply. I don't have access to the firewall/iptables on the server though. Do you have any idea how else I could achieve this? Only reason I want to know is that someone keeps spamming my server full of 'false' players. They just sit in spec and time out after a while. Would it be very difficult to add an option to the QVM that could limit the number of players connecting through the same IP?

[Archangel]

.:svenbot#:. ? seen those around a lot recently.

[Snake]

Subnet ban.

[danmal]

.:svenbot#:. ? seen those around a lot recently.

Yep, it's starting to get annoying.

Subnet ban.

Won't work as I think at least 2 people are involved and the subnet keeps changing with the IP.

[David]

iptables and mod connlimit are the only real option.
Adding a limit in the QVM would probably be doable, but AFAIK its not been done yet.

[danmal]

Hmmm.. alright thanks for that. I'll have a look at the code and see if I can hack something up.