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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:58:22 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>
Cc:        <scanner@jurai.net>, Marc Rogers <marcr@shady.org>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DoS attack - advice needed
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0103221156170.21892-100000@achilles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221152140.12333-100000@awww.jeah.net>

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On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Chris Byrnes wrote:

> > The ratelimiting in 4.3 handles that now, so it's not necessary to block
> > it anymore.  (Though if you're being pung constantly, I can understand the
> > desire to block it.)
>
> Erm.  450mbps in 45 minutes? ;)
>
> We filtered it upstream on the edge routers, because it was killing
> the T1s, obviously.
>
> -Chris

Heh, yeah, that might affect the box, even with ratelimiting of responses. :)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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