Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 11:21:46 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why not remove polling(4) from 7.0? Message-ID: <DDC35B19-1873-4BC4-8817-C08C9A8232AA@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0706071118l6410dc5dqce32b86fd919de3@mail.gmail.com> References: <499c70c0706070210v39f7016hbd80e9780902e992@mail.gmail.com> <20070607093027.GA4784@heff.fud.org.nz> <499c70c0706070236x28d781e6yb8ba4c8ccd251372@mail.gmail.com> <29EFA5CA-6232-45AA-A10D-0A45BB3E2100@mac.com> <499c70c0706071118l6410dc5dqce32b86fd919de3@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: [ ... ] > So it's recommended to use polling if I run pf and deals with DDoS? polling tends to handle a DDoS attack well compared with the default interrupt-driven approach. Whether you are using pf or some other firewall doesn't make any particular difference. -- -Chuck
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