Thanks for the infos.
I read through the very interesting post, but I did not find it to be a
solution for my problem.
I tried to limit connections with iptables, but it did not work out. I'm
not an expert at this, I tried like it is described here:
http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1829
I know it just limits new connections, and I thought this would work
out, but it didn't. Should I try to limit all connections?
Also it makes me wonder why mod_evasive for apache does not block this.
I will probably try to come up with a solution by using mod_security.
But it would be much nicer if it would work on the iptables level.
Regards,
Samy
Andrés Robinet schrieb:
Hi Samuel,
I found this forum topic the other day http://uclue.com/?xq=874, and I
thought it's pretty nice as a start/overview. There's also
mod_bandwidth for Apache, not included in the aforementioned topic.
We are not currently having an issue with bandwidth and/or bots
causing overload in the domains hosted with us, so I can't speak >from
our experience with those apache modules. All of our hosting clients
are known by us, and are not constantly changing (as it would be the
case in a free hosting environment). So, these kind of issues are rare
for us, easily identifiable, and from external sources. None of our
clients will try to bypass open_base_dir, or safe_mode, or
allow_url_fopen.
If all of these apache modules are not doing their job and apache is
still overworked... then either they need a tune up in their
configuration or there must be something else behind the scenes and
you'd better off checking your firewall ruleset or a kernel
vulnerability. Probably you'll need to tackle the problem yet one
layer down (firewall), but I'd say first exhaust all choices in the
layer you are working on right now.
Also.. don't forget about mod_security and the like. You could try a
filter on headers. First, do a unit test and check what HTTP_REFERER,
HTTP_USER_AGENT, REMOTE_ADDR, etc look like for a self-calling script.
So, if, say, the user agent is "XXXXX" and the local IP address is the
same as the remote ip address then you invalidate the request for that
particular domain.
Ok... hope you get to the solution, and then let us know on the
mailing list
Rob
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