[4185] in linux-net channel archive
Re: SYN floods
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Titz)
Sun Aug 25 12:22:12 1996
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From: Olaf Titz <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
Date: 25 Aug 1996 14:05:36 +0200
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<nelson@crynwr.com> wrote:
[Filtering excessive SYNs]
> > I have an even better idea - rather than rely on the vendors, let's put it
> > in the Linux IP code. (I do agree with you that the vendors SHOULD do
> > that, but I don't really think they're going to)
> Linux is not used as a router by too many people.
No, put it in the Linux code for the benefit of the targets of such attacks.
olaf
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