Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 1999 19:36:29 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [patch] af_unix fix for a panic a DoS and a memory leak [Re: |
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On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Alexander Viro wrote:
>system-wide limit on closed pending connects is also exceeded". It still >gives the syn-flood protection, but it gives more graceful behaviour.
It's not a syn-flood protection at all. We have a limit on the number of pending syn, so at least _one_ good syn can be always discarded in favour of at least _one_ malicious one.
Andrea Arcangeli
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