Since this limit is per IP, is the scenario you stated really a problem? Only that IP is effected. Or as is often the case, did I miss something?
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_limit_req_module.html Original Message From: Grant Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:24 PM To: nginx@nginx.org Reply To: nginx@nginx.org Subject: limit-req and greedy UAs Has anyone considered the problem of legitimate UAs which request a series of files which don't necessarily exist when they access your site? Requests for files like robots.txt, sitemap.xml, crossdomain.xml, apple-touch-icon.png, etc could quickly cause the UA to exceed the limit-req burst value. What is the right way to deal with this? - Grant _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list nginx@nginx.org http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list nginx@nginx.org http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx
