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From: Pasi =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4rkk=E4inen?= <pasik@iki.fi>
Subject: Re: Protecting against DoS
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:53:06 +0200
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To: Michael Gale <mgale@utilitran.com>
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On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 07:13:22PM +0200, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:06:50AM -0700, Michael Gale wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > 	You could try using a rate limit -- you could allow a machine to make =
lets say 10 outbound=20
> > connections a second and then ...
> >=20
> > Depending on your network policy you could drop or log all other outbou=
nd request.
> >=20
>=20
> This is what I'm planning to do.. and this is also the reason I was asking
> the questions in the original mail :-)
>=20

If you have some facts/suggestions, please comment my original questions.. =


Thanks!

-- Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen
      =20
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                                 Linux
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                             Choice.of.the
                           .Next.Generation.