Linux Repositories - Any Limits? All or most Linux repositories are voluntarily hosted/mirrored for others to download free software. For example, you could download the same package(s) over and over again (with the same IP) and make the network slow(er) for others. (e.g. mass installation of multiple computers - which is technically redundant, if you download and deploy once) But are there any (download) limits or throttling mechanism going on if the repositories are "misused/abused/attacked" like that? Is it possible to get an IP-Ban? How or is this even protected at all?

There are far too many different repositories with different configurations to give an answer valid for everything.

However,

> But are there any (download) limits or throttling mechanism going on if the repositories are "misused/abused/attacked" like that? Is it possible to get an IP-Ban?

Some repositories do enforce limits, and it is possible to get an IP ban on them.

Basically, if you use repositories in a responsible fashion, you shouldn’t run into problems. If you start trying to overload them, you can expect to run into problems at some point or other, including IP bans which may have a bigger impact than you expect (they might affect more than the specific repository which triggered them).