Re: max connection per user

Let me revive this thread a little. I see, it is possible to limit concurrent connections based on IP or client: # The maximum number of concurrent client connections. # The default is -1, which means unlimited. # native_transport_max_concurrent_connections: -1 # The maximum number of

Re: max connection per user

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:41 PM, oleg yusim wrote: > Quick question, here: does Cassandra have a configuration switch to limit > number of connections per user (protection of DoS attack, security)? > Quick answer : no. =Rob

max connection per user

Greetings, Quick question, here: does Cassandra have a configuration switch to limit number of connections per user (protection of DoS attack, security)? Thanks, Oleg

Re: max connection per user

OK Rob, I see what you saying. Well, let's dive into the long questions and answers at this case a bit: 1) Is there any other approach Cassandra currently utilizes to mitigate DoS attacks? 2) How about max connection per DB? I know, Cassandra has this parameter on JDBC driver configuration, but

Re: max connection per user

Brian - absolutely. To give you are brief description of what I'm doing. I'm working for VMware as security architect, and they tasked me with creating a STIG (working with DISA ) for Cassandra DB. To create a STIG I would walk through the Database SRG security controls and assess them against

Re: max connection per user

Are you actively exposing your database to users outside of your organization, or are you just asking about security best practices? If you mean the former, this isn't really a common use case and there isn't a huge amount out of the box that Cassandra will do to help. If you're just asking