Re: Re[2]: 11 years of inetd default insecurity?

[psz () maths usyd edu au (Paul Szabo)]

3APA3A <3APA3A () SECURITY NNOV RU> wrote:

> > > -R 0 -s your_ad_can_be_here
>
> > Your  cure  is  worse  than  the disease: rate limiting allows a DoS
> > against  the  service,  no  limit  allows  a  DoS  against the whole
> > machine.
>
> -s limits number of processes invoked from same IP. You can additionally
> use  -c  to  prevent distributed attack. It doesn't allow to DoS box and
> doesn't disable service for 10 minutes.

Note that my (DEC/Compaq/HP Tru64) inetd does not have -c or -s options.
The only safe way is to use a sensible -R and tcp_wrappers. Or upgrade to
Linux and xinetd...

Cheers,

Paul Szabo - psz () maths usyd edu au  http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics  University of Sydney   2006  Australia