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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Max Clark <max@ussearch.com>
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Subject: Re: syn cookies?
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* Max Clark <max@ussearch.com> [001220 13:59] wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am slowly converting my web server farm from Linux to FreeBSD. In Linux I
> can set tcp_syncookies which gives me too things, 1) basic syn flood
> protection, and 2) a message in the syslog telling me about possible syn
> flooding.
> 
> How do I do this with FreeBSD 4.2-Release?

FreeBSD doesn't use syncookies, but is still very resistant to SYN flood.

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