[LARTC] how to stop floods: netfilter or lartc?

[Catalin BOIE]

> Who can share his opinion on this matter?
Me? :)

> > Section 15.3 in the Cookbook presents a way of using tc for rate
> > limiting ICMP.
> >
> > It can also be done using the --limit feature in netfilter.
> >
> > What are the pros and cons of both approaches? Or should they be
> > combined somehow?

You can use both methods. I don't think that for 1000 icmp packets /
seconds you can tell the difference.

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