linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add IPv6 support to TCP SYN cookies

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Message-ID: <20080206085357.GA1402@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 09:53:57 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ross Vandegrift <ross@...listi.us>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Glenn Griffin <ggriffin.kernel@...il.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add IPv6 support to TCP SYN cookies

> I work at a hosting company and we see these kinds of issues in the
> real world fairly frequently.  I would guess maybe a monthly basis.
> The servers where we have seen this are typically running RHEL 4 or 5
> kernels, so I can't really speak to how recent the kernel is in this
> specific term.

RHEL5 should be recent enough.

> 
> If I can find a box that we could temporary get a kernel.org kernel
> on, I'll see if I can get a real comparison together.  We have
> collected a few of the more effective attack tools that have been left
> on compromised systems, so it wouldn't be too difficult to get some
> numbers.

That would be useful yes -- for different bandwidths.

If the young/old heuristics do not work well enough anymore most likely we should
try readding RED to the syn queue again. That used to be pretty effective
in the early days. I don't quite remember why Linux didn't end up using it
in fact.

-Andi

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