Re: Suggestions for handling DoS attack, well kind of
Re: Suggestions for handling DoS attack, well kind of
- Subject: Re: Suggestions for handling DoS attack, well kind of
- From: Lachlan Deck <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 11:33:39 +1100
Hi Owen,
mod_throttle (Apache 1.3) or mod_cband (Apache 2.x) are worth a look.
Otherwise for a more basic solution I suppose you could keep a
timestamp per request in your application and use some custom logic
to determine if the request seems worthy of reply.
On 01/02/2007, at 11:21 AM, Owen McKerrow wrote:
Sorry slow brain day, I do of course mean a DoS attack. Thanks
Kevin :)
I realize that you can do things at the firewall router level, just
wondering if there is any tricks people have used in there WO apps
directly.
Owen McKerrow
WebMaster, emlab
Ph : +61 02 4221 5517
http://emlab.uow.edu.au
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On 01/02/2007, at 11:00 AM, Owen McKerrow wrote:
Hi All,
On Tuesday afternoon one of our apps received over 10,000 requests
for the 1 page, by the same user in under 1 hour. The site kept
running ( it got slower and slower ) with one out of memory
exception for another user. There was only a very small chance it
was a real DoS attack, what I assumed had happened ( I have heard
stories of this happening from other people ) is that something
fell onto his keyboard on the "F5" refresh key after he had walked
out of his office.
What actually happened was that Firefox locked up his whole
machine ( the power button didn't even work ) and in the end he
just got up and walked away in frustration.
So what Im wondering is does anybody have any suggestions on what
to do about DoS attacks be they accidental or on purpose.
Owen McKerrow
WebMaster, emlab
Ph : +61 02 4221 5517
http://emlab.uow.edu.au
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