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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2001 14:37:10 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Erick Mechler <emechler@techometer.net>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Defense against "Code Rainbow"
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010919143532.05986c30@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20010919105553.J3881@techometer.net>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010919112438.0598b8b0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010919112438.0598b8b0@localhost>

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At 11:55 AM 9/19/2001, Erick Mechler wrote:

>What about using TCP wrapers?  I'm not sure of the performance implications
>of doing so, but maybe it's worth a shot.

Apache doesn't play very well with TCP wrappers, as it likes to manage its
own sockets and process pool. Also, a wrapper wouldn't eliminate the overhead of 
opening a socket. I'm trying to block the packets before that happens.

--Brett


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