Re: kernel: [mmm.nnn] TCP: drop open request :: Do I have to worry about ?
On Mon, 03 Oct 2011, jacques wrote:
> from time to time log spits :
>
> Oct 2 23:25:11 gordo kernel: [501679.617067] TCP: drop open request
> from ip.ip.ip.ip/1979
> Oct 2 23:25:11 gordo kernel: [501679.639032] TCP: drop open request
> from ip.ip.ip.ip/1980
> Oct 2 23:25:11 gordo kernel: [501679.639044] TCP: drop open request
> from ip.ip.ip.ip/1981
> Oct 2 23:25:11 gordo kernel: [501679.639053] TCP: drop open request
> from ip.ip.ip.ip/1982
>
> several line sof it. ip.ip.ip.ip is not the real string ;)
>
> Do I have to worry about and consider to process these messages ?
Enable SYN cookies, and check whether you have tuned your TCP stack well
enough for your normal load...
http://e-mats.org/2010/01/tcp-drop-open-request-from/
http://blog.blacknode.net/2008/03/tcp-drop-open-request-from-xxxxxxxxxxxx/
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