Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 10:25:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Redmond Militante <mre037@merle.acns.nwu.edu> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: limiting closed port rst response from ... Message-ID: <Pine.HPX.4.10.10210211024270.20532-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021021152236.GD402@freepuppy.bellavista.cz>
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thanks. On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # mre037@merle.acns.nwu.edu / 2002-10-21 09:38:52 -0500: > > hi all > > > > i saw this messages in /var/log/messages over the weekend repeated several > > times > > > > oct 21 09:35:15 hostname /kernel: limiting closed port rst response from > > 384 to 200 packets per second > > > > also listed in the log were several attempts to connect to the machine via > > anonymous ftp > > > > can anyone tell me what the limiting closed port... message means? > > * AFAICT * > > that means that your box is trying to circumvent a possible DoS > attack. this message is of the same kind as those > > previous message repeated N times > > lines in /var/log/messages. > > -- > If you cc me or take the list(s) out completely I'll most likely > ignore your message. > Redmond Militante Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. USA r-militante@northwestern.edu 847-467-7617 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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