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Allow remote address to be passed in network rate limiter descriptors

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#6,502 opened on Apr 6, 2019

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Description

Feature request

Title: Allow remote address to be passed in network rate limiter descriptors

Description: The network rate limiter filter should allow to pass the remote address in descriptors in order to rate limit the amount of open connections per IP.

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Examine the existing network rate limiter implementation and the referenced commit to understand how to access remote address, then modify descriptor creation to include it.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backendnetworking
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-2 days
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Stale
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Clear
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50