Table options Option

The  MeterMaid    option specifies a space-separated list of options for this table. The currently available options are  and.



 

 When working with data, all comparisons are done using a case-insensitive comparison function. (This option is valid only for string data.) 

 

 After  seconds, the throttle will normally reset the connection count to 0, but if the penalize option is enabled, the throttle will decrement the connection count by   (but not so the value ends up less than 0) so that additional connection attempts will penalize future   periods. For example, if  were 5 with a   of 60, and the system received 12 connection attempts during the first minute, the first 5 connections would be accepted and the remaining 7 would be declined. After 60 seconds has passed, the number of connections counted against the particular address would be reduced to 7, still keeping it above quota and declining connection attempts. Assuming no additional connection attempts were made, after another 60 second period, the number of connections would be further reduced down to 2, and MeterMaid would permit connection attempts again. 



See also:
 * local_table
 * MeterMaid