Modify Django settings variables in a middleware

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Published on 2010-03-21T00:09:24Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 0:11 UTC
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I set a variable MAX_REQUEST = 100 in settings.py

I write a middleware which may lower this value for request origining from a proxy ip address by the following code:

settings.MAX_REQUEST = 10

However, looks like the above modification affects all legitimate users.

Is it normal?

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