On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:48:06 -0800 (PST), 
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> Would it be practicable for ntop to detect devices that qualify as
> "scanning vast numbers of destinations" to be tagged and throttled? 

..and gagged?   

> What I am picturing is being able to set a connection count thresh
> hold for localnet devices.  Ntop should then be able to say: If a
> localnet device exceeds thresh hold the device will no longer track
> connection information, rather the device will be visibly flagged and
> a short snapshot of past connections would be displayed.  

..this is useful to tell your flown away offender why you gag him.

> I imagine some type of timer would need to be set (an hour?) that
> allows ntop to open the flood gates for that host again.

..buys him time to fix his box or face another gag.  ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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