Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:28:02 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: silby@silby.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forwarded message on Source Quench Packets. Message-ID: <E18BcxO-0000fM-00@chiark.greenend.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20021112002616.I21273-100000@patrocles.silby.com> References: <15824.4383.916763.477130@canoe.velocet.net>
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Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> wrote: > >I can see how these source quench messages would cause problems if a DoS >is being routed through a FreeBSD router, and I think that your patch >makes sense. Are there any objections to me committing this in a few >days? Doesn't FreeBSD rate-limit ICMP as required by the RFC? If there is a but it's that the rate-limiting isn't happening, not that source-quench packets are being generated. If it's important that FreeBSD routers not generate them then it should be a sysctl option. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <dot@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ SELSEY BILL TO LYME REGIS: SOUTHWEST 5 OR 6 LOCALLY 7. CLOUDY, SHOWERS OR LONGER PERIODS OF RAIN. GOOD FALLING MODERATE IN SHOWERS OR RAIN. ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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