Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 18:41:57 +1200 From: "Sarton O'Brien" <sobrien@quicksilver.co.nz> To: Marc Silver <marcs@draenor.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is my bandwidth limited somehow? Message-ID: <394DC0B5.2A4F880D@quicksilver.co.nz> References: <394DB86A.C5603C9F@quicksilver.co.nz> <20000619081617.A26533@draenor.org>
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> What you're looking for is this: (taken from LINT) > > # ICMP_BANDLIM enables icmp error response bandwidth limiting. You > # typically want this option as it will help protect the machine from > # D.O.S. packet attacks. > # > options ICMP_BANDLIM > > Hope it helps. You'll need to change the bandwidth limit. I wouldn't > suggest removing this from your kernel. Thanks, just a couple of quick questions, I'm not entirely sure I know what this is is for. The server is firewalled except for 3 ports, 2 used for game connections and 1 for http. Would removing this really pose much of a threat. If this is suppose to limit bad replies, would it effect the way the server operates? I don't care about the console spam .... I only log in as a user remotely anyway. I have noticed that trying to connect externally can _sometimes_ take for ever ... if it connects at all, but connecting on the internal network is no problem. Basically I guess what I'm asking is, can this limiter be a nusiance in some circumstances and would removing it prove anything. Thanks for the help so far. Sarton > > Cheers, > Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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