Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 07:47:26 +0300 (MSK) From: "."@babolo.ru To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is my next step as a script kiddie ? (DDoS) Message-ID: <1042260446.806267.9734.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030110201640.A78856-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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> Well, my "router" is the freebsd machine - celeron 500 and 256 megs. > > Where would you suggest doing bandwidth counts for all of my IPs if I > don't use ipfw count rules at the firewall/router ? I use argus. It is not so comfortable for traffic accounting. It is used for the second role - traffic auditing too. And see - trafic estimation is not router's job. Use separate server, and remember, that traffic calculation can be huge under attack. > And also thank you very much - I am very happy to hear that you think a > freebsd firewall/router will not be easy to break if it is not allowing > things to ports on the servers behind it that are not valid... Sorry, I know English bad and do not understant your last line above. > On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 .@babolo.ru wrote: > > > IMHO it is almoust impossible to touch > > properly configured router without > > open services on it. .. > > Optimize ipfw for speed, do not > > use it for count - and only > > mistakes lead to crash. > > > > It seems your router is powerful enough for > > your circumstances > > > > Servers are another thing however... :-(( > > > > > Ok, understood - but the point is, at some point the attackers are going > > > to realize that their syn floods are no longer hurting me ... and > > > regardless of what they conclude from this, what is the standard "next > > > step" ? If they are just flooders/packeteers, what do they graduate to > > > when syn floods no longer do the job ? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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