[OT] HELP!!! mail attack

John Summerfield debian at herakles.homelinux.org
Fri Mar 28 02:24:33 UTC 2008


Rodolfo Alcazar Portillo wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 27.03.2008, 08:02 +0900 schrieb John Summerfield:
>> iptables does rate-limiting too, and (possibly) one can be more selective.
>> -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW -m limit 
>> --limit 5/hour -j ACCEPT
> 
> Hey! great!!! I didnt' know this "limit" module! I'll try it right
> now :)

The trick is choosing a practical limit, and it works better for sites 
expecting low volumes of email.

It works better of your IAP does it:-)



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John

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