Hello,
Are there any plans to make inetd's "connection refused" (or at least
connection closed) behaviour in case of too much simultaneos connections on a
certain port , IP based ?
It's easy to make an inetd service unusable on Redhat Linux, by simple
flooding the port with connections.
You should add a feature in inetd which limits the number of connections per
minute based on the source IP addr.
With this addition we can easily block the attacker, while keeping the services
enabled for regular users.
inetd is one of the crucial parts of a server and needs this feature in order
to provide stability even while under attack.
regards,
Benno.
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