Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:05:12 -0600 From: "Antonio Gandara" <freebsd@triforce.info> To: "'Bill Moran'" <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "'Antonio Gandara'" <antonio@triforce.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: RST response in message log? Message-ID: <001f01c5ecad$b091f520$8a0010ac@antonioh89t9q9> In-Reply-To: <43885.162.51.212.16.1132281348.squirrel@www.potentialtech.com>
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Well that makes sense to me. Thanks for all your replies. Antonio -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bill Moran Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:36 PM To: Antonio Gandara Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RST response in message log? Antonio Gandara wrote: > Hi, > > Just had a general question as to this message which appeared in the > message > log file and dmesg. While I understand it is reducing response to packets, > I > am perplexed as to what causes this to happen? I am running 4.11 Release. > > Nov 16 11:07:18 eagle /kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 300 > to > 200 packets per second While there are other things that could cause this, it's almost always indicative of a portscan. The RSTs are limited to prevent DoS attacks from generating overly huge amounts of traffic. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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