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Date:      Sat, 31 Aug 2024 12:02:11 -0700
From:      Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com>
To:        Pete French <pete@twisted.org.uk>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to diagnose "Limiting closed port RST response from 213 to 205 packets/sec" ?
Message-ID:  <CAN6yY1vPXzAP3nTyOB1RM6GLWn5iLkePGMbyaPbtaYG5xqn9DQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 7:32=E2=80=AFAM Pete French <pete@twisted.org.uk> w=
rote:

> So I am running some servers with 14.1-STABLE, pretty standard - Apache
> + mysql setup, and I am seeing a lot of the above messages. I have
> always seen these form time to time, but recently I have had compmnaits
> from a customer about the webservers being unavailable, and the times
> they give correspond to bursts of these errors.
>
> I dont see any other errors, and am wondering how to get more info about
> this message. Knowing if its IPv4 or IPv6 would be nice. Knowing the
> port that is closed would be ideal. I have a feeling that the closed
> port is the one which Apaxche is suppsoed to be listenin gon (I cant
> think of nay other ports which would get hammered), but that should
> never be closed.
>
> Any advice ?
>
> -pete.
>

These are not errors. It is telling you that someone is likely doing
something wrong, probably by error but possibly rudely.

I believe that it means that a closed port is receiving a lot of SYNs. See
the discussion on BSD forums
<https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/limiting-closed-port-rst-response.72131=
/>
.


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Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 7:32=E2=
=80=AFAM Pete French &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pete@twisted.org.uk">pete@twiste=
d.org.uk</a>&gt; wrote:</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli=
d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So I am running some servers with 14.1=
-STABLE, pretty standard - Apache <br>
+ mysql setup, and I am seeing a lot of the above messages. I have <br>
always seen these form time to time, but recently I have had compmnaits <br=
>
from a customer about the webservers being unavailable, and the times <br>
they give correspond to bursts of these errors.<br>
<br>
I dont see any other errors, and am wondering how to get more info about <b=
r>
this message. Knowing if its IPv4 or IPv6 would be nice. Knowing the <br>
port that is closed would be ideal. I have a feeling that the closed <br>
port is the one which Apaxche is suppsoed to be listenin gon (I cant <br>
think of nay other ports which would get hammered), but that should <br>
never be closed.<br>
<br>
Any advice ?<br>
<br>
-pete.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans=
-serif;font-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default">These are not errors. It is=
 telling you that someone is likely doing something wrong, probably by erro=
r but possibly rudely.</div><div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;fon=
t-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:t=
ahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default">I believe that it=
 means that a closed port is receiving a lot of SYNs. See the discussion on=
 <a href=3D"https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/limiting-closed-port-rst-res=
ponse.72131/">BSD forums</a>.<br></div></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span cl=
ass=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmai=
l_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Networ=
k Engineer<br>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com" target=3D"_bla=
nk">rkoberman@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B7=
8C1694B318AB39EF1B055683</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d=
iv>

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