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Re: [PATCH + RFC] neighbour/ARP cache scalability

To: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH + RFC] neighbour/ARP cache scalability
From: Tim Gardner <timg@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:58:27 -0600
Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ???????????? <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx, laforge@xxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:31, Andi Kleen wrote:

> But also allows an easy DOS. Someone just has to spoof a lot of connections
> attempts with the source address of your primary name server or 
> some other important service.
> 

That is what other iptables rules and filters are for. I get thousands
of source address spoofs from my Internet connection every day. Network
security is a layered approach.

rtg
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