On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Gerald Waugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-10-04 at 00:56 -0400, Chris Buechler wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Gerald Waugh >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > We use ipt-recent and limit rules in iptables on our servers >> > It's a pain editing rules for each server. >> > >> >> You might want to explain what those actually do, most of us are BSD >> experts and don't work with Linux. >> >> > We do have a pfsense firewall on the frontend >> > Is there a way to implement rate/limit rules in pfsense? >> > >> Maybe, see the advanced options on rules, or explain what those >> iptables options do. >> > the iptables 'recent and limit' rules limit the number of accesses > within a set time. >
Look at the advanced options on each rule. Maximum new connections / per second(s) does that. You may want to use some of the other options there as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
