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Date:      Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:25:24 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Redmond Militante <mre037@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
To:        Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: limiting closed port rst response from ...
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPX.4.10.10210211024270.20532-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021021152236.GD402@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>

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thanks.


On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:

> # 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.
> 

Redmond Militante
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA
r-militante@northwestern.edu
847-467-7617


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