Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 22:38:59 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Christopher Ellwood <chris+freebsd-net@silicon.net> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with Code Red II and HTTP Accept Filtering Message-ID: <3B70D073.F0063D9@elischer.org> References: <20010807223158.F672-100000@diamond>
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Christopher Ellwood wrote:
>
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > This is somewhat true, however your machine seems to be configured
> > quite poorly.
> >
> > Having a low amount of NMBCLUSTERS (1024) and at the same time keeping
> > an unbounded (or at least large) listen queue (listen(fd,-1)) is
> > not advised, especially when you are using accept filters.
>
> Yes, I agree that this machine was configured poorly to be a production
> web server. However, this machine was just used for testing and if it
> wasn't for Code Red scans would have practically no http traffic. I
> realize that most people would not be running accept filters on a low
> traffic test machine, but regardless, I though a mention of the problem
> would be warranted in case anyone else ran into this problem and was
> unsure of the cause.
despite the comments, we are apreciative of the 'heads up'... it's
useful info to keep in the back of our minds..
>
> Regards,
>
> - Christopher Ellwood
>
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