how to fight concurrent connection DOS attack to FreeBSD ftpd?

2007-11-24 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Dear all I run a ftp site which is being attacked by someone who issue some 1000 concurrent connection for downloading as anonymous. How can I fight back? The behaviour is like this: after '#/etc/rc.d/ftpd start', the number of ftpd process goes to several thousands. ps told me they are all

Re: how to fight concurrent connection DOS attack to FreeBSD ftpd?

2007-11-24 Thread Bill Moran
Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The behaviour is like this: after '#/etc/rc.d/ftpd start', the number of ftpd process goes to several thousands. ps told me they are all accessed from the same user. I read the manual and found ftpd.conf(5) says /etc/ftpd.conf is the configuration file

Re: how to fight concurrent connection DOS attack to FreeBSD ftpd?

2007-11-24 Thread JD Bronson
At 10:34 PM 11/24/2007 +0800, Zhang Weiwu wrote: Dear all I run a ftp site which is being attacked by someone who issue some 1000 concurrent connection for downloading as anonymous. How can I fight back? how about controlling access via pf? you can limit the number of connections from the

Re: how to fight concurrent connection DOS attack to FreeBSD ftpd?

2007-11-24 Thread Quan Qiu
On Nov 24, 2007 10:34 PM, Zhang Weiwu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I run a ftp site which is being attacked by someone who issue some 1000 concurrent connection for downloading as anonymous. How can I fight back? If ftpd.conf is not the right manual page to read, can you suggest which

[SOLVED] Re: how to fight concurrent connection DOS attack to FreeBSD ftpd?

2007-11-24 Thread Zhang Weiwu
Thank you very much for everyone helped me. As a summary: 1. Bill Moran pointed out the mistake in ftpd.conf which should refer to lukemftpd (but referred to ftpd); He also suggested using lukemftpd in place of ftpd, but my ftpd is patched by myself and I prefer not to patch

is this a possible DoS attack?

2005-05-16 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
I had a server reboot itself twice in close succession in the middle of the night, after a long uptime. This server had not reboot itself in ages (years) -- all previous boots were controlled. The syslog has the following in it a half hour or so prior to the first boot (the first line or

Re: is this a possible DoS attack?

2005-05-16 Thread Joseph Borg
On 5/16/05, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had a server reboot itself twice in close succession in the middle of the night, after a long uptime. This server had not reboot itself in ages (years) -- all previous boots were controlled. The syslog has the following in

Re: is this a possible DoS attack?

2005-05-16 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:26:58AM -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: arp: 166.70.252.252 moved from 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 to 00:20:ed:56:b9:07 on dc0 [...] The address 166.70.252.252 is on another server that has not changed at all and is on a

Re: is this a possible DoS attack?

2005-05-16 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 16, 2005, at 9:44 AM, David Kelly wrote: On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 08:26:58AM -0600, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: May 16 03:14:59 crickhollow /kernel: arp: 166.70.252.252 moved from 00:20:ed:16:b9:07 to 00:20:ed:56:b9:07 on dc0 [...] The address 166.70.252.252 is on another server

Re: is this a possible DoS attack?

2005-05-16 Thread Joel
On Mon, 16 May 2005 08:26:58 -0600 "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote [...] May 16 02:20:00 crickhollow named[87025]: zone 22.63.209.in-addr.arpa/ IN: loading master file ptr.209.63.22: file not found May 16 02:33:31 crickhollow /kernel: Limiting icmp unreach

how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?

2003-08-28 Thread ZaiD Dashti
Dear security i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? note: i have a lan network in my home, and DSL connection which is connected to the hub direct, and i have 3 pc's. thanks _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection

Re: how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?

2003-08-28 Thread Jack L. Stone
At 03:41 AM 8.28.2003 +0300, ZaiD Dashti wrote: Dear security i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? note: i have a lan network in my home, and DSL connection which is connected to the hub direct, and i have 3 pc's. thanks I use a firewall which allows a block of DoS IPs from any to any

Re: how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?

2003-08-28 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On 03:41 Thu 28 Aug , ZaiD Dashti wrote: Dear security i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? For now, yank the plug on your DSL so you're off the internet. Switch to dialup if you can, and then close as many ports as you can. Change your root password. This is *very* general advice

Re: how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?

2003-08-28 Thread Mike Hogsett
i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? note: i have a lan network in my home, and DSL connection which is connected to the hub direct, and i have 3 pc's. thanks I use a firewall which allows a block of DoS IPs from any to any also can close ports easily. Plus, if you log

Re: how to stop the ddos ot dos attack ?

2003-08-28 Thread Jamie
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Mike Hogsett wrote: i got a DoS attack, how i can stop it ? note: i have a lan network in my home, and DSL connection which is connected to the hub direct, and i have 3 pc's. thanks I use a firewall which allows a block of DoS IPs from any

RE: dos attack

2003-01-12 Thread Jason Hunt
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Michael wrote: Thanks for all that responded. Your ideas are great but they will just slow the dos down if even that. I guess no one has either thought of a true way to stop a DOS or maybe its really impossible because your allowing them in to begin with. Easier said than

Re: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-06 Thread E.S.
with very strict rules, on FreeBSD 4.7 IPFW does me no good because i am allowing the port they are abusing (80) due to the last DOS attack and my few hours research i have the following options already in my rc.conf tcp_extensions=NO tcp_keepalive=YES tcp_restrict_rst=YES

DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Michael
january first. I am running IPFW with very strict rules, on FreeBSD 4.7 IPFW does me no good because i am allowing the port they are abusing (80) due to the last DOS attack and my few hours research i have the following options already in my rc.conf tcp_extensions=NO tcp_keepalive=YES

Re: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Anti
strict rules, on FreeBSD 4.7 IPFW does me no good because i am allowing the port they are abusing (80) due to the last DOS attack and my few hours research i have the following options already in my rc.conf tcp_extensions=NO tcp_keepalive=YES tcp_restrict_rst=YES icmp_bmcastecho

RE: dos attack

2003-01-05 Thread Michael
Thanks for all that responded. Your ideas are great but they will just slow the dos down if even that. I guess no one has either thought of a true way to stop a DOS or maybe its really impossible because your allowing them in to begin with. I figured it was worth a shot to ask. Ill just wait it

Re: dos attack

2003-01-05 Thread paul beard
Michael wrote: Thanks for all that responded. Your ideas are great but they will just slow the dos down if even that. Well, that seems like it's better than nothing. I have always regarded DOS attacks as crimes of opportunity: as you say, it doesn't take a lot of smarts to pull one off. If

RE: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Sean J. Countryman
be the man is behind a keyboard, the sad thing is most of them don't have the slightest idea about the code behind their tools, they just know how to run them. The only way to get rid of a DOS attack is to either ride it out until they get bored, or contact your host and ask their network engineers

RE: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Mike
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sean J. Countryman Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 5:04 PM To: FreeBSD Questions; Michael Subject: RE: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions? As soon as my site gets big and i have a lot of users in irc, some little jealous network comes along and destroys what i

RE: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions? - Some helpful links

2003-01-05 Thread Mike
: Sunday, January 05, 2003 7:00 PM To: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: RE: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions? Since the IP range seems to belong to shawcable.net (24.67.253.203)I would send an E-mail to them. The scanning back has worked for me as well BUT be carefull or you might be labled the bad one

Re: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Jimi Thompson
. This has been going on since january first. I am running IPFW with very strict rules, on FreeBSD 4.7 IPFW does me no good because i am allowing the port they are abusing (80) due to the last DOS attack and my few hours research i have the following options already in my rc.conf tcp_extensions

Re: DOS ATTACK. Any Suggestions?

2003-01-05 Thread Jimi Thompson
by the nobodys many times and it usually just goes away. This has been going on since january first. I am running IPFW with very strict rules, on FreeBSD 4.7 IPFW does me no good because i am allowing the port they are abusing (80) due to the last DOS attack and my few hours research i have