On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 01:53 -0400, Chris Buechler wrote: > 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.
Thank you, this is what I was looking for... BTW, I did buy 2 copies of the book ;) -- Gerald --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
