Oden Eriksson wrote: > Sunday 08 February 2004 14.45 skrev Eduardo M. Bragatto: >> Jeremy Kitchen wrote: >>> that could only be done in tcpserver by rate limiting connections by >>> IP address, and would also affect legitimate connections made by >>> valid users using proper authentication credentials. I'd be mighty >>> upset if anyone rate limited my pop3 connections ;) >>> >>> Of course, special provisions could be made, but >> >> I don't want it at the pop3, I want it on smtpd. Spammers are >> hammering my server, sending messages to lots of domains that I'm >> hosting. If I could set a limit like 5 simultaneously connections for >> each IP address, no one would be able to use all my "slots". > > Could pretty easily be done with: > http://www.deserve-it.com/sw/patches/patch-ucspi-tcp-0.88-periplimit
well, just a question. With that patch, I could have problems with mailing lists? And, with that patch, I could download from a lot of pop3 accounts, but send through only "5" smtp connections, right? thanks Andrea
