Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 23:03:20 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> To: Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Option: TCP_DROP_SYNFIN Message-ID: <v04220801b49eb51f4dab@[195.238.19.152]> In-Reply-To: <20000109201829.20220.qmail@web116.yahoomail.com> References: <20000109201829.20220.qmail@web116.yahoomail.com>
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At 12:18 PM -0800 2000/1/9, Holtor wrote: > Would this help stop SYN floods from breaking my > freebsd computer? if anyones tried it, please speak > up with any results or how it works. Thanks! I've used it and haven't seen it do any harm to the systems I was using it on, although I can't speak for how well it might have helped them survive a SYN flood. Unless you're using TTCP (TCP for Transactions), you should probably be safe in enabling it. -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ____________________________________________________________________ |o| Brad Knowles, <blk@skynet.be> Belgacom Skynet NV/SA |o| |o| Systems Architect, News & FTP Admin Rue Col. Bourg, 124 |o| |o| Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.11.11/12.49 B-1140 Brussels |o| |o| http://www.skynet.be Belgium |o| \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Unix is like a wigwam -- no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside. Unix is very user-friendly. It's just picky who its friends are. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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