Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:47:55 -0500 (EST) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: Networking with slow CPUs |
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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 pjd@fred001.dynip.com wrote:
> Robert Schwebel wrote: > > > > Is there a possibility to "harden" a small machine (33 MHz embedded > > device) against e.g. flood pings from the outside world? > > It *is* bleeding edge, as someone else pointed out, but you should > really investigate NAPI. It's designed to make Linux resiliant against > non-flow-controlled network loads like routing, which sounds like > just the ticket.
There is rate limiting in recent iptables, as well. I don't regard iptable as bleeding edge, so that may have a higher comfort level.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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