Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261580AbTIKWQJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:16:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261581AbTIKWQJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:16:09 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:57235 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261580AbTIKWQD (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:16:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Size of Tasks during ddos From: Alan Cox To: Breno Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <008901c39044$597dd320$f8e4a7c8@bsb.virtua.com.br> References: <001b01c39047$d65cf580$f8e4a7c8@bsb.virtua.com.br> <20030911002755.GA13177@triplehelix.org> <3F5FD993.2060900@ccs.neu.edu> <009201c37860$f0d3c5f0$131215ac@poslab219> <200309111419.h8BEJbSo010948@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <009f01c3788a$08b7f780$9f0210ac@forumci.com.br> <1063305670.3605.0.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <002801c3789e$7a665ac0$9f0210ac@forumci.com.br> <1063312815.3886.0.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <008901c39044$597dd320$f8e4a7c8@bsb.virtua.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063318487.3886.19.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:14:48 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 560 Lines: 13 On Sad, 2003-10-11 at 23:09, Breno wrote: > Suppose that one task during a ddos receive much data , so it can try to > alloc much memory to control this data, or to control the list of sockets in > listen state. Syncookies dont allocate memory until the connection finishes the 3 way handshake with the other side - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/