Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:14:56 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw question .... Message-ID: <53E62CE0.6040807@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <53E62D07.2030703@hiwaay.net> References: <53E62D07.2030703@hiwaay.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --8LSDqagda1vhaPPLScTUJSBUcFOJ7C5Ni Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/08/2014 15:15, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > Why is there a limit on the # of logged denials by ipfw ? >=20 >=20 > Aug 6 18:52:20 kabini1 kernel: ipfw: limit 500 reached on entry 65500 Because otherwise someone could DoS you by causing ipfw to fill up a partition with log messages simply by sending a stream of packets at you over the network. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --8LSDqagda1vhaPPLScTUJSBUcFOJ7C5Ni Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJT5izpXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATPG4P/1ndokp4FicZqEbgRMOBjSGr kciuJtpXeiHNjrm0s0FQrGM/GA2TmbHUmtSPXf7kd33BmEr68Pe+tmGWGmQUsRQF BreOFmxDIZpPcUyogo8q5zNXhFX8GMGlzrC1pO1MsrI9HpCVGlLtAYNEMiSu4Hle WI4EVhc4GFNPxo3rGkhfWb+9VP9XNNSzZ+l3q7zQZ2YzVqD28UC52BdUixZXbs9X obQHYasOBCA244L1EUo6MpTWJpEqGTQ1VQBRLQoIPRPwe9JOoHMFfe4DSccZwCfk Ct0t8lBcmSxaNsaVI4ZWVaII8LcgBCYhtenMDuHrlTaEtAPzJnQgDhd14W2EZexI XLkLZX/8j9bqViW+dC1593nIhmNqTG0gcDcKqs/BFPv9TL/sRP/bvlCTYY8mDOJT gw/re/hgGKwcokY63wRRPzR6ix8UlKNpQNJI4L7FGI9MmC4O2udQN3JEo8/jmhR2 n2eLrLb7xTxHft8Uvu7nCjYqoR3zCraz1dfNp+sA/LqlRKZxXQwaq7RJ0xUshgZ5 K3r5ET/K99rg85B1H51tuXwZYCIIc6b+S35B/3cf1gYnLLt7ZXNUWYDsbR9B2en8 p5LoGjqm3lstCc1UVME8K8Cg462iEGCNVI1NL77X7E4hn6jjdrtCwJNJZMvPAWCc OTr7OVPIrD4iMMOxev4R =oWqw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8LSDqagda1vhaPPLScTUJSBUcFOJ7C5Ni--
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