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Date:      Thu, 31 May 2001 21:14:53 +0200
From:      "Karsten W. Rohrbach" <karsten@rohrbach.de>
To:        Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com>
Cc:        Liran Dahan <lirandb@netvision.net.il>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Limiting TCP RST Response Packets
Message-ID:  <20010531211453.B69543@mail.webmonster.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105311441450.4425-100000@mail.wlcg.com>; from rsimmons@wlcg.com on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 02:46:09PM -0400
References:  <000a01c0ea06$be934600$b88f39d5@a> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105311441450.4425-100000@mail.wlcg.com>

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blackhole makes more sense i think. see blackhole(4)

rohrbach@WM:datasink[~]19% cat /etc/sysctl.conf=20
net.inet.tcp.blackhole=3D2
net.inet.udp.blackhole=3D1

/k

Rob Simmons(rsimmons@wlcg.com)@2001.05.31 14:46:09 +0000:
> You will need to add the following line to your kernel config file, and
> recompile the kernel:
>=20
> options         TCP_RESTRICT_RST
>=20
> You should also read the comments about this option in the LINT file.
>=20
> Then you will need to add this line to your rc.conf file:
>=20
> tcp_restrict_rst=3D"YES"
>=20
> or you can use the sysctl knob:
>=20
> net.inet.tcp.restrict_rst
>=20
> Robert Simmons
> Systems Administrator
> http://www.wlcg.com/
>=20
> On Thu, 31 May 2001, Liran Dahan wrote:
>=20
> > Im afarid of someone trying to flood me by Connecting to me 1000 times
> > and for every time like that it will send TCP Rst Reponse. Is there
> > any way to Limit TCP Rst Response packets?  Is there a way to Limit
> > Unreach Messages (IPFW) that it wont flood me too ?
> >=20
> > -Liran Dahan- (lirandb@netvision.net.il)
> >=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
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