From: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 12:18:07 +0200
> 65535 sockets * 128 packets * 16384 bytes/packet = > 1^16 * 1^7 * 1^14 = 1^(16+7+14) = 1^37 = 128G of memory per IP > > And systems with a lot of IP numbers are not unthinkable. TCP restricts the amount of global memory that may be consumed by all TCP sockets via the tcp_mem[] sysctl. Otherwise several forms of DoS attacks would be possible. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
