Ray, Thank you for the rules. I'll be testing it out now. Thanks again. Cheers, fritz <www.mesedilla.com> --- + Basta Ikaw Lord -----Original Message----- From: Ray Leach [mailto:raymondl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:14 PM To: Netfilter Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Re: anti-dos On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 09:18, Fritz Mesedilla wrote: > in preparation to sco's feb 1. dos attack, is there any special iptables rules that i can use to avoid dos attacks? > all i have right now is i blocked all ports then opened the mail and internet. > > what else can i do for rules? > You can use the limit support to limit packet rates: ### syn-flood chain $IPTABLES -N syn-flood $IPTABLES -A syn-flood -i $IFACE_INET -m limit --limit 75/s --limit-burst 100 -j RETURN $IPTABLES -A syn-flood -i $IFACE_DMZ -m limit --limit 75/s --limit-burst 100 -j RETURN $IPTABLES -A syn-flood -i $IFACE_INT -j RETURN $IPTABLES -A syn-flood -j LOG --log-prefix "SYN-FLOOD: " $IPTABLES -A syn-flood -j DROP $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $IFACE_INT -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $IFACE_DMZ -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $IFACE_INET -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood > thanks. > > > Cheers, > > fritz <www.mesedilla.com> > --- > + Basta Ikaw Lord > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this e-mail from your > system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this > email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email > and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts > no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this > email. > > Overture Media, Inc. > Direct Line: (632) 635-4785 > Trunkline: (632) 631-8971 Local 146 > Fax: (632) 637-2206 > Level 1 Summit Media Offices, Robinsons Galleria EDSA Cor. Ortigas Ave., Quezon City 1100 -- -- Raymond Leach <raymondl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Network Support Specialist http://www.knowledgefactory.co.za "lynx -source http://www.rchq.co.za/raymondl.asc | gpg --import" Key fingerprint = 7209 A695 9EE0 E971 A9AD 00EE 8757 EE47 F06F FB28 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Overture Media, Inc. Direct Line: (632) 635-4785 Trunkline: (632) 631-8971 Local 146 Fax: (632) 637-2206 Level 1 Summit Media Offices, Robinsons Galleria EDSA Cor. Ortigas Ave., Quezon City 1100