  The extragalactic background light (EBL) contains all the radiation emitted
by nuclear and accretion processes since the epoch of recombination. Direct
measurements of the EBL in the near-IR to mid-IR waveband are extremely
difficult due mainly to the zodiacal foreground light. Instead, gamma-ray
astronomy offers the possibility to indirectly set limits on the EBL by
studying the effects of gamma-ray absorption in the spectra of detected sources
in the very high energy range (VHE: $>$100 GeV). These effects can be generally
seen in the spectra of VHE blazars as a softening (steepening) of the spectrum
and/or abrupt changes in the spectral index or breaks. In this work we use
recent VERITAS data of a group of blazars and apply two methods to derive
constraints for the EBL spectral properties. We present preliminary results
that will be completed with new observations in the near future to enhance the
limits on the EBL.
