[lug] iptables limit

[Jeff]

Not sure what mail server you're using, but if your using postfix there
should be something.  I remember seeing something like that as I was
setting up my spam rules.  

Jeff

jd wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I am trying to stop mailbombs. I have recived a few, or should
> I say a few thousand mails in a matter of minutes...all bogus.
> Sometimes the mail is sent from the same ip some times it
> comes from differnt ips.
>  So, i was wondering if anyone has used the iptables limit module
> to combat stuff like this. Could someone post a example
> using the limit module. I would like to block more than 50 connections
> in a 5 min time frame from anyone. Or is there another way to
> deal with DOS caused by resource consumption.
> 
> Thanks
> jd
> 
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