3APA3A <3APA3A@SECURITY.NNOV.RU> wrote: >>> -R 0 -s your_ad_can_be_here > >> Your cure is worse than the disease: rate limiting allows a DoS >> against the service, no limit allows a DoS against the whole >> machine. > > -s limits number of processes invoked from same IP. You can additionally > use -c to prevent distributed attack. It doesn't allow to DoS box and > doesn't disable service for 10 minutes. Note that my (DEC/Compaq/HP Tru64) inetd does not have -c or -s options. The only safe way is to use a sensible -R and tcp_wrappers. Or upgrade to Linux and xinetd... Cheers, Paul Szabo - psz@maths.usyd.edu.au http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/psz/ School of Mathematics and Statistics University of Sydney 2006 Australia
