From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Cc: OBATA Noboru <noboru.obata.ar@hitachi.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-net@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Feedback on TCP: Make TCP_RTO_MAX a variable
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:03:06 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48561732.1040203@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080615195148.28c85c36@extreme>
Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:27:35 +0930
> David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com> wrote:
>
>> ... caused by floods of packets directed towards the internet
>> link at one end or the other
> Why are you letting them through. Use proper firewalling.
>
They didn't get through the router. These floods congested the border
links (devices).
> A real VPN with IPSEC would have stopped the problem.
>
No, it wouldn't. If you don't see this, ask and I'll explain, again.
> I wouldn't put a mission critical system exposed directly to the Internet.
>
I didn't. Standard NAT appliances protect all ends.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-16 7:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-15 20:57 Feedback on TCP: Make TCP_RTO_MAX a variable David Newall
2008-06-16 0:36 ` Chris Fowler
2008-06-16 7:40 ` David Newall
2008-06-16 2:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2008-06-16 7:33 ` David Newall [this message]
2008-06-16 7:52 ` David Miller
2008-06-16 14:43 ` Noboru OBATA
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