Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 10:30:55 +0200 From: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> To: Sarton O'Brien <sobrien@quicksilver.co.nz> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is my bandwidth limited somehow? Message-ID: <20000619103055.D26533@draenor.org> In-Reply-To: <394DC0B5.2A4F880D@quicksilver.co.nz>; from sobrien@quicksilver.co.nz on Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 06:41:57PM %2B1200 References: <394DB86A.C5603C9F@quicksilver.co.nz> <20000619081617.A26533@draenor.org> <394DC0B5.2A4F880D@quicksilver.co.nz>
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On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 06:41:57PM +1200, Sarton O'Brien wrote: > Thanks, just a couple of quick questions, I'm not entirely sure I know > what this is is for. The server is firewalled except for 3 ports, 2 used > for game connections and 1 for http. Would removing this really pose > much of a threat. ICMP can be a dangerous protocol when it comes to DoS attacks. You _could_ remove it, but then I would make sure that your firewall is limiting ICMP fragments/bad packets before they reach your game server. > If this is suppose to limit bad replies, would it effect the way the > server operates? I don't care about the console spam .... I only log in > as a user remotely anyway. I have noticed that trying to connect > externally can _sometimes_ take for ever ... if it connects at all, but > connecting on the internal network is no problem. > > Basically I guess what I'm asking is, can this limiter be a nusiance in > some circumstances and would removing it prove anything. It _can_ be a nuisance yes. It's basically there for your protection, but as with anything in BSD, you can change it. :) You could give it a shot. Who knows, perhaps you'll see better performance without it. :) Cheers, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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