I'm aware of, but have never tried a technique called tarpitting that is supposed to be very useful in your situation.
On Aug 29, 2009, at 1:18, Michael Mansour <mico...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been working the past 8 hrs combatting DDoS attacks on websites > and dedicated servers I host for clients. > > They're hitting one specific IP address, but coming from thousands > of external IP addresses. > > I use: > > shorewall-4.0.10-3.noarch > > How can I tackle this? I've blocked many subnets in the blacklist > file but it's made very little difference. > > If someone can advise please do. > > Thanks. > > Michael. > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________________ > Find local businesses and services in your area with Yahoo!7 Local. > Get started: http://local.yahoo.com.au > > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users