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Re: heartbleed OpenSSL bug CVE-2014-0160


From: Juergen Christoffel <jc () unser net>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 23:33:49 +0200

On Wed, Apr 09, 2014 at 09:24:25PM +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:

iptables logging needs to be rate-limit always because how it works
otherwise you have a problem the first time it really happens seriously

Using limits is sensible, yes. But

-m limit --limit 1/m

this might be a bit too restrictive to gather data on attempts at
heartbleeding. And --hashlimit might be more appropriate too as it keeps a
counter per IP address.

        --jc

--
 A great many of today's security technologies are "secure" only because
 no-one has ever bothered attacking them. -- Peter Gutmann


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