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Chris Drumgoole <[email protected]>
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Hey, I am having an issue with (what I think are) attackers bringing down my fedora core 2 system by spawning tons of (more than 100, some times up to 1000) PDF downloads from my site at once causing system resources to go to crap and the system dies. Have to do a physical reboot - can't SSH in. It is Fedore Core 2, HP ProLiant G3, gig ram, etc... First of all, I am not sure why the machine can't handle it... I am using the Fedora Core 2 default install of Apache 2. I am thinking there must be a way to limit number of current connections by IP address to apache, but I am not sure how - or is there another way to do this? Do you think this is even a DOS attack? Has happened many times over the past 3 months, I don't think it is just a flashget or other download manager, seems too fishy... Also, I don't understand why the system eventually hangs... Not too happy with the HP, but it can't be a hardware issue, so I am guessing Fedora Core 2 is the evil doer (I believe someone from this board suggested that I use it.. even for a production server...) Any ideas? Thanks Chris -- Bye, Chris http://www.cdrum.com _______________________________________________ blug-general list [email protected] http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general