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Date:      Sat, 15 Dec 2001 10:24:01 +0100
From:      =?iso-8859-1?Q?Zahemszky_G=E1bor?= <Gabor@Zahemszky.HU>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Rate-limiting OPEN port RST response?
Message-ID:  <20011215102401.A338@Picasso.Zahemszky.HU>
In-Reply-To: <20011215001404.A55184@ldc.ro>; from razor@ldc.ro on Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:14:04AM %2B0200
References:  <20011215001404.A55184@ldc.ro>

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On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 12:14:04AM +0200, Alex Popa wrote:
> Is there such a limitation active by default?  I am seeing the following
> message:
> Limiting open port RST response from 337 to 200 packets per second
> on my home machine, connected through a 14k modem to the net.  I also
> have net.inet.{tcp,udp}.log_in_vain enabled, and have seen no messages
> from these facilities.

Yes, the not-so-logically-named:
net.inet.icmp.icmplim sysctl limits this, too (and not only ICMP responses).
And yes, it's default value is 200 :-)

ZGabor < Gabor at Zahemszky dot HU >

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