Restricting EMS cliemt connections - tibco

Hi Our EMS server is used by other clients for putting message. But some time they dont close connections and number of connections is reaching maximum limit of the server. Is there any way where we can restrict the number of connections for the client based on emsusername provided to the client or based on the host name from where client is creating connection. Is there any configuration we can do for client specific connections restriction.

No, there is no such provision in EMS server or client libraries where you can restrict the number of consumer/producer clients based on their user names or other properties. You can have a look at the JAAS and JACI provision supported by EMS which can be used to write your own JAVA authentication custom modules which run in JVM within EMS server. You can find more information about JAAS and JACI on Oracles documentation site.

Have you looked into the server_timeout_client_connection setting ?
From the doc :
server_timeout_client_connection = limit
In a server-to-client connection, if the server does not receive a heartbeat for a
period exceeding this limit (in seconds), it closes the connection.
We recommend setting this value to approximately 3 times the heartbeat interval, as it is specified in client_heartbeat_server.
Zero is a special value, which disables heartbeat detection in the server (although
clients still send heartbeats).

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Furthermore, How can I add rate limiting based on no of requests (sliding window) while adding new server to backend?
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I am referring to below documentation.
https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/dataplaneapi/community/#post-/services/haproxy/configuration/servers
A server have no "queue timeout". You can set the "queue timeout" via the backend configs
https://www.haproxy.com/documentation/dataplaneapi/community/#post-/services/haproxy/configuration/backends
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how to limit number of connections to IBM MQ

I have a Spring Boot based messaging app sending/receiving JMS messages to/from IBM MQ queue manager.
Basically, it uses MQConnectionFactory to organize connection to IBM MQ and a JmsPoolConnectionFactory from messaginghub:pooledjms to enable JMS connection pool, which is removed from MQConnectionFactory in IBM MQ 7.x
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I say troubling because this makes JMS sessions last longer if the response is delayed and could easily exhaust IBM MQ connection limit. Unfortunately, I cannot rewrite the app at the moment to the first approach to resolve the issue.
Now I want to restrict the number of connections in the pool. Of course, the delayed requests will fail but IBM MQ connection limit is more important at the moment, so this is kind of appropriate. The problem is that even if I disable the JmsPoolConnectionFactory, it seems that MQConnectionFactory still opens multiple connections to the query manager.
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Disabling "troubling" JmsTemplate.readByCorrelId() and leaving only "correct" way in the app removes these multiple connections (and the waiting threads of course).
Replacing JmsPoolConnectionFactory with SingleConnectionFactory has not effect on the issue.
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Protect Oracle database server and Listener from distributed denial-of-service(DOS) attack

Hello,
I'm finding for best practices and adequate steps to secure oracle server 11G Enterprise edition and network listener from malicious clients.
Any recommendations? Thank you!
Malicious clients can attempt to flood database servers with connect requests that consume resources. This is a possible scenario for a distributed DoS attack.
To prevent this scenario, use the SQLNET.INBOUND_CONNECT_TIMEOUT in the
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We want to limit the number of connections for our rest web service.
We are using spring boot with jetty as server.
We have configured below settings :
#rate limit connections
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server.jetty.selectors=1
#connection time out in milliseconds
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Which means a connection once open will remain active until it is explicitly closed.
So, with this settings, my understanding is that if I open more then 1 connection, then I should not get any response because the connection limit is only 1.
But this does not seem to be working. Response is sent to each request.
I am sending request with 3 different clients. I have verified the ip address and ports. They all are different for 3 clients. But all 3 remains active once connection is established.
Any experts to guide on the same?
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I have the following system:
A Windows 2003 server running WebSphere Application Server, listening on port 8080.
A lot of clients of this server.
I tried a loads test - making clients connect to the server and asking for services. This didn't end well: Many clients were denied service and the server started reporting it was unable to create new sockets.
My question is which parameters should I change in my Windows?
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Am I wrong assuming that I am only using one port in the server side?
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