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Date:      Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:07:09 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SYN attacks
Message-ID:  <19990315100709.D64525@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <19990314215130.12505.qmail@phoenix.unacom.com>; from geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com on Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 09:51:30PM -0000
References:  <19990314215130.12505.qmail@phoenix.unacom.com>

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On Sun, Mar 14, 1999 at 09:51:30PM -0000, geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com wrote:
>   Hi, if this is directed towards the wrong list, please forward it to the
> correct one.. My concern is that our server has been getting some massive
> SYN floods from, what we think arespoofed hosts recently. It has brought our
> system to its knees, even with its power (Dual 400 512 mb of ram).  We would
> like to somehow restrict these zombie connections from building up so much
> ..  I found somewhat of an old kernel patch, but due to the age of it, it isnt
> applicable any more.  I would like any suggestions on stopping or weakening
> these attacks either by kernel patch or ip filtering.. Any suggestions are
> welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason DiCioccio <geniusj@unacom.com>

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