From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 21 8:22:50 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A3137B401 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:22:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.thundernet.cz (mail.thundernet.cz [62.77.87.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2738243E75 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 08:22:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: (qmail 27935 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2002 15:22:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freepuppy.bellavista.cz) (62.168.44.50) by mail.thundernet.cz with SMTP; 21 Oct 2002 15:22:38 -0000 Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 26C922FDAB2; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:22:36 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 17:22:36 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Redmond Militante Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limiting closed port rst response from ... Message-ID: <20021021152236.GD402@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Redmond Militante , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG # mre037@merle.acns.nwu.edu / 2002-10-21 09:38:52 -0500: > hi all > > i saw this messages in /var/log/messages over the weekend repeated several > times > > oct 21 09:35:15 hostname /kernel: limiting closed port rst response from > 384 to 200 packets per second > > also listed in the log were several attempts to connect to the machine via > anonymous ftp > > can anyone tell me what the limiting closed port... message means? * AFAICT * that means that your box is trying to circumvent a possible DoS attack. this message is of the same kind as those previous message repeated N times lines in /var/log/messages. -- If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely ignore your message. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message