Board:   [fsxNet] fsxNet Network Discussion
Subject: Re: Hub 3 rate limiting
From:    Warpslide(21:3/110)
Date:    Wed Mar 25, 2026 12:56

On 24 Mar 2026, deon said the following...

 de> Over the last week I've implemented rate limiting on clrghouz.

 de> The rate limiting will impose the following limits:

 de> * Maximum 2 concurrent connections,
 de> * Maximum 5 connections in a 60 min period.

These seem like sane limits.

I have Mystic configured to send messages as I save them (they'll get tossed/sent within ~60 seconds of being saved).  About the only way I could see myself making more than 5 connections in a 60 minute period is if I wrote and sent that many messages, which is unlikely.

If that were to happen frequently, I could just have Mystic toss all of those messages once after I logged off rather than after each save.

 de> Any questions, please ask.

How is the rate limit implemented?  Would the connection attempt be dropped or rejected at the network level (fail2ban style) or would binkp still answer and reply with a rate limit error message?


Jay

.... Why yes, that IS a banana in my pocket!

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