On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 23:14:03 +0200, Marek Habersack <grendel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <20030706211403.GA9350@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > The counter values are the real ones. I would use the iplimit matcher, > but I don't want to use connection tracking since that would hose the > machine pretty quick. All of the above actions have the effect that > the machine is reachable, interaction is good, but tux is practically > clogged (it's configured to accept 50k connections, keep alives are at > 1000 since setting ..1000 seconds??? Shave off a zero or two, you should be able to serve any valid traffic within 5 seconds. > them to 0 makes tux close any connection immediately, no logging > etc,). Apache sits on port 81 and when accessed directly it works > fine, that's good enough, but I'd like to do more. And here I come to > the real question I want to ask to the list. Is it possible and if > yes, then how, to redirect the offending packets from within tux to > the TARPIT chain? ..does your TARPIT traffic cost _you_ anything? > net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1 ..also possible to lie and say the box is a crashing, or hung dead wintendo. > fs/file-max=70000 > fs/dir-notify-enable=0 > net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time=30 > net/core/rmem_max=262143 > net/core/rmem_default=262143 > net/core/wmem_max=262143 > net/core/wmem_default=262143 > net/ipv4/tcp_sack=0 > net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps=0 > net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies=1 > net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all =1 > net/ipv4/icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1 > net/ipv4/tcp_syn_retries = 1 > net/ipv4/tcp_synack_retries = 1 > net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes = 1 > net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl = 10 > net/ipv4/tcp_max_syn_backlog = 64 > net/ipv4/tcp_low_latency = 1 > net/ipv4/tcp_abort_on_overflow = 1 > net/ipv4/ipfrag_time = 30 > net/ipv4/tcp_fin_timeout = 10 > net/ipv4/tcp_max_orphans = 2048 ..why so many? Most of these would come from "google", no? > net/ipv4/tcp_tw_reuse = 1 > -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.