netdev - Re: ping DOS avoidance?

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Date:	Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:44:43 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Luis Carlos Cobo Rus <luiscarlos@...il.com>
Cc:	Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ping DOS avoidance?

I was just asked about something not too different, involving IIRC 
tnsping.  It got me to looking at ip_sysctl.txt which has:

icmp_ratelimit - INTEGER
         Limit the maximal rates for sending ICMP packets whose type
         matches icmp_ratemask (see below) to specific targets.
         0 to disable any limiting, otherwise the maximal rate in
         jiffies(1)
         Default: 100

icmp_ratemask - INTEGER
         Mask made of ICMP types for which rates are being limited.
         Significant bits: IHGFEDCBA9876543210
         Default mask:     0000001100000011000 (6168)

         Bit definitions (see include/linux/icmp.h):
                 0 Echo Reply
                 3 Destination Unreachable *
                 4 Source Quench *
                 5 Redirect
                 8 Echo Request
                 B Time Exceeded *
                 C Parameter Problem *
                 D Timestamp Request
                 E Timestamp Reply
                 F Info Request
                 G Info Reply
                 H Address Mask Request
                 I Address Mask Reply

         * These are rate limited by default (see default mask above)


(I've always been used to masks being specified as hex values)

rick jones
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