> How do I stop a Dos Syn Attack. My isp has already stopped Upd
> connections from hitting my servers, but I still have 225,000
> connections to my 5 servers from a Syn attack.
Newer inux kernels have a feature that supposed to be able to reduce the
burden of SYNs flooding the TCP/IP stack. Try:
$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
Should show 1 for enabled.
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Jem Berkes
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