Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:00:31 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Max Clark <max@ussearch.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: syn cookies? Message-ID: <20001220140031.Y19572@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <2F56246A4E96D411B6AE00D0B7826CA67F7A41@exchange.ussearch.com>; from max@ussearch.com on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:56:41PM -0800 References: <2F56246A4E96D411B6AE00D0B7826CA67F7A41@exchange.ussearch.com>
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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. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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