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I am using NGINX as web server in my VPS, I would like to configure it to block flooding requests. I found HttpLimitReqModule module but I need to avoid send a reply to the user.

I saw the module sends back a 503 http error if the number of requests is higher that the setting. Can I block sending the replies to the user? I would just close the connection.

(I think it is much faster)


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Stops processing and returns the specified code to a client. The non-standard code 444 closes a connection without sending a response header.


syntax: limit_req_status code;
default: limit_req_status 503;

So limit_req_status 444; can help.

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Issue a HTTP status 444. No headers will be returned, and the connection will be closed.



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