On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:59:21AM -0500, Yan Seiner wrote:

> Rob Finneran wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Is there anyway to set netfilter to block when there are a number half
> > opened connections (with a status of SYN_RECV) in the queue with the SAME
> > source address (spoofed or otherwise) waiting for and ACK (that never
> > arrives)?
> > I'd like to reject and reset any further connection attempts, at least for a
> > period of time.
> 
> See the recent module.
> 
> Here's what I do:
> 
> $IPTABLES -v -A INPUT -p tcp --source $OUTSIDE -m recent --hitcount 10
> --update --seconds 60 -j LOGDROP

You may want to tweak the 'hitcount' as some pages do have more than 10
components to fetch...

Ramin

> 
> to drop more than 10 connections from the same IP within 60 seconds. 
> Works like a charm.
> 
> --Yan
> 
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