[Devel] rand function in config file

[Hendrik Scholz]

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Hi!

Klaus Darilion wrote:
> For the SER ratelimit module we have RED (random early detection).
> In a nutshell it samples the number of messages and for the next
> timeframe drops every n-th message in order to get the total number
> 
>> drop (causes retransmissions) or reject?

It's up to the user to opt for drop or reject. Personally I had
quite good results rejecting messages with a 500-class error
including a Retry-After header.
The Retry-After value should differ between replies though.
That's where the randomize function comes into play.

Hendrik

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