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Date:      Mon, 29 Jul 2002 12:09:30 -0600
From:      Colin Faber <cfaber@fpsn.net>
To:        Cyrus <cyrus@odsource.com>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: counter apache DoS attacks?
Message-ID:  <3D4584DA.190EEB9C@fpsn.net>
References:  <20020729050402.Q47608-100000@odsource.com>

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ipfw add deny tcp from <ip/mask> to any 80

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Cyrus wrote:
> 
> Several people get their jollies off by having differnet servers
> infinitely request my main page thousands of times each therefore shooting
> my memory to poo and a lot of bandwidth. But my problem is the memory, not
> the bandwidth. I've looked through mod_throttle and such, not for me. Is
> there anything out there that can automatically detect and take an action
> for this type of attack? I dunno...like use route on the offenders IP and
> such. But for it to do this automatically. Anyone have any suggestions?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> -Cyrus
> 
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