[nycbug-talk] home grown firewall solutions ...

[Josh McCormack]

On 3/12/06, alex at pilosoft.com <alex at pilosoft.com> wrote:
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> if you worry about ddos, do not use freebsd or linux - both use
> route-cache-like-things for packet forwarding. That means, performance in
> best case (no ddos) is good, performance in worst case (ddos, lots of
> small flows) is horrid.
>
> -alex

Alex - could you point me in the direction of anything that explains
this further. I couldn't find anything when I searched for it, so I
think I'm leaving something critical out.

Thanks,

Josh