Re: misc/18947 (ftpd lacks a per host limit of simultaneous connections)

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/18947; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/18947 (ftpd lacks a per host limit of simultaneous
        connections)
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:05:19 +0000

 On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:10:09PM +0000, Elad Efrat wrote:
  >  Lacking such a mechanism, however, here's the cleanest way to "fix" such
  >  problems:
  >  
  >     http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/filter.html
  >  
  >  (See, e.g., "Stateful Tracking Options.")
  >  
  >  This PR should be closed.
 
 I don't think that's the right long-term answer.
 
 inetd already has connection rate limiting; why shouldn't it get a bit
 smarter?
 
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 David A. Holland
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