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Configuring an HTTP access limit policy

Configuring an HTTP access limit policy

HTTP Access Limit policies can limit the speed of HTTP request from a source IP.

Before you begin:
  • You must have Read-Write permission for Security settings.

After you have configured HTTP Access Limit policies, you can select them in DoS Protection Profile.

To configure an HTTP Access Limit policy:
  1. Go to DoS Protection > Application.
    The configuration page displays the HTTP Access Limit tab.
  2. Click Create New to display the configuration editor.
  3. Complete the configuration.

    Name

    Configuration name. Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, and -. No spaces.

    Status

    Enable | Disable. If Enable, this policy will be activated, otherwise it is inactive.

    HTTP Request Limit

    0-65535. Limits the amount of HTTP requests per second from a certain IP. 0 means no limit for HTTP request.

    Action

    Pass—Allow the traffic.

    Deny— Drop the traffic, send a 400 Bad request to the client.

    Period Block—Deny all the HTTP request from a source IP within a period which specified by Period Block.

    Captcha—Requires the client to successfully fulfill the CAPTCHA request

    Period Block

    1-3600 seconds; Default: 60

    Log

    Enable | Disable; If Enable the Action will be log

    Severity

    High—Log as high severity events.

    Medium—Log as a medium severity events.

    Low—Log as low severity events.

    The default value is High.

  4. Save the configuration.

Configuring an HTTP access limit policy

Configuring an HTTP access limit policy

HTTP Access Limit policies can limit the speed of HTTP request from a source IP.

Before you begin:
  • You must have Read-Write permission for Security settings.

After you have configured HTTP Access Limit policies, you can select them in DoS Protection Profile.

To configure an HTTP Access Limit policy:
  1. Go to DoS Protection > Application.
    The configuration page displays the HTTP Access Limit tab.
  2. Click Create New to display the configuration editor.
  3. Complete the configuration.

    Name

    Configuration name. Valid characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _, and -. No spaces.

    Status

    Enable | Disable. If Enable, this policy will be activated, otherwise it is inactive.

    HTTP Request Limit

    0-65535. Limits the amount of HTTP requests per second from a certain IP. 0 means no limit for HTTP request.

    Action

    Pass—Allow the traffic.

    Deny— Drop the traffic, send a 400 Bad request to the client.

    Period Block—Deny all the HTTP request from a source IP within a period which specified by Period Block.

    Captcha—Requires the client to successfully fulfill the CAPTCHA request

    Period Block

    1-3600 seconds; Default: 60

    Log

    Enable | Disable; If Enable the Action will be log

    Severity

    High—Log as high severity events.

    Medium—Log as a medium severity events.

    Low—Log as low severity events.

    The default value is High.

  4. Save the configuration.