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Cisco 7600 Series Router Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide, Release 12.2SX
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Chapter 36 Configuring Denial of Service Protection
DoS Protection Configuration Guidelines and Restrictions
DoS Protection Configuration Guidelines and Restrictions
The section contains these configuration guidelines and restrictions:
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PFC2, page 36-22
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PFC3, page 36-23
PFC2
When configuring DoS protection on systems configured with a PFC2, follow these guidelines and
restrictions:
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When using security ACLs to drop DoS packets, note the following information:
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The security ACL must specify the traffic flow to be dropped.
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Security ACLs need to be configured on all external interfaces that require protection. Use the
interface range
command to configure a security ACL on multiple interfaces.
Table 36-3 PFC3 Hardware-based Rate Limiter Default Setting
Rate Limiter
Default Status (ON/OFF)
Default Value
Ingress/Egress ACL Bridged
Packets
OFF
RPF Failures
ON
100 pps, burst of 10 packets
FIB Receive cases
OFF
FIB Glean Cases
OFF
Layer 3 Security features
OFF
ICMP Redirect
OFF
ICMP Unreachable
ON
100 pps, burst of 10 packets
VACL Log
ON
2000 pps, burst of 10 packets
TTL Failure
OFF
MTU Failure
OFF
Layer 2 PDU
OFF
Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
OFF
IP Errors
ON
100 pps, burst of 10 packets
Multicast IGMP
OFF
Multicast FIB-Miss
ON
100000 pps, burst of 100 packets
Multicast Partial-SC
ON
100000 pps, burst of 100 packets
Multicast Directly Connected
OFF
Multicast Non-RPF
OFF
Multicast IPv6
ON
If the
packets-in-burst
is not set, a
default of
100
is programmed for
multicast cases.