From: Ralf Spenneberg <lists@spenneberg.org>
To: "John A. Sullivan III" <john.sullivan@nexusmgmt.com>
Cc: "Geffrey Velásquez" <g_netfilter@netfids.com>,
Netfilter <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
Subject: Re: Protecting against DoS
Date: 09 Dec 2003 19:16:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1070993798.18225.96.camel@kermit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1070992891.1867.19.camel@jasiiitosh.nexusmgmt.com>
Hi,
Am Die, 2003-12-09 um 19.01 schrieb John A. Sullivan III:
> > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies -- if you have not compiled
> >
> >
> > Is that valid for forwarded packets? or only destinated to the firewall?
This is valid only for local packets.
> We have avoided using these /proc settings for just that concern - that
> they are mostly for the gateway itself and not for the devices being
> protected by it whether it is anti-spoofing with rp_filter or protecting
> against syn_floods. Is this assumption of ours true? Thanks, all - John
Actually it depends. Most just concern local packets, but
rp_filter and accept_source_route for example tests for all packets.
Cheers,
Ralf
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-09 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-09 19:11 Protecting against DoS Geffrey Velásquez
2003-12-09 18:01 ` John A. Sullivan III
2003-12-09 18:16 ` Ralf Spenneberg [this message]
2003-12-09 18:41 ` John A. Sullivan III
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2003-12-09 15:43 Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 16:02 ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 16:28 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 16:40 ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 16:51 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 17:06 ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 17:13 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 19:20 ` Geffrey Velásquez
2003-12-09 20:10 ` Arnt Karlsen
2003-12-10 16:53 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2004-01-11 1:50 ` Peter Frischknecht
2004-01-26 10:45 ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
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