Re: (no subject)
Graham Brown <[email protected]>
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Dear Chris, I have not been monitoring the list so this slipped past. There is a group that attempts to discourage spammers by doing just that. Taking multiple downloads of graphics or other lage files off servers associated with spammers. I am not suggesting that you are a spammer -it could be that someone further up the line is. SFAIK they only use windows m/c in their "project". It is not zombies - it is an opt in thing. I would have suggested debian :-) so not guilty. Chris Drumgoole wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ blug-general list [email protected] http://list.beijinglug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/blug-general