Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 01:58:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com> Cc: Domas Mituzas <midom@dammit.lt>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DoS attacks and FreeBSD. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008220156510.92211-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <PHEBIOJOBJJLIIJCOINKEEFACHAA.noor@comrax.com>
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On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Noor Dawod wrote:
> Yes, it can, and I've alreaedy done just that. But then again, all other
> legitimate visitors will be locked out...
Depends how smart the rate-limiting is. If it's at the application level
you know the connection (probably) isn't spoofed, which means you can
rate-limit per IP.
Kris
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