Re: DoS, ICMP, proxies, SYNDefender

[Avi Freedman <freedman () netaxs com>]

> Thanks for the pointers.
>
> I tried inet-access for about 1 day and never subscribed again.
> It is too noisy, IMO, for a distinct login :-)
>
> linux-net is quiet and the last patch or communique from Alan
> was a patch for 'slower' links, as Alan says himself.
>
> I like the 'no-data structures until the' three way handshake
> is complete idea that Jeff posted yesterday.  Guess I can
> applied this to linux.... has anyone done this?   If so,
> I would rather start testing a patch to save time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim

I'm quite sure I could take the code Jeff did and hack it so that
it could be applied to my vacuum cleaner if that was being SYN-
stormed...

Jeff's a SunOS/BSD bigot as well so I doubt he'll do anything
directly re: a linux port :)

Avi

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