Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 21:35:48 -0500 (EST) From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Antonio Gandara" <antonio@triforce.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RST response in message log? Message-ID: <43885.162.51.212.16.1132281348.squirrel@www.potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <003001c5ebe2$aa0e3040$8a0010ac@antonioh89t9q9> References: <003001c5ebe2$aa0e3040$8a0010ac@antonioh89t9q9>
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Antonio Gandara wrote: > Hi, > > Just had a general question as to this message which appeared in the > message > log file and dmesg. While I understand it is reducing response to packets, > I > am perplexed as to what causes this to happen? I am running 4.11 Release. > > Nov 16 11:07:18 eagle /kernel: Limiting closed port RST response from 300 > to > 200 packets per second While there are other things that could cause this, it's almost always indicative of a portscan. The RSTs are limited to prevent DoS attacks from generating overly huge amounts of traffic. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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