Using SmartDefense
Network Quota
An attacker may try to overload a server in your network by establishing a very
large number of connections per second. To protect against Denial Of Service
(DoS) attacks, Network Quota enforces a limit upon the number of connections per
second that are allowed from the same source IP address.
e handled.
You can configure how connections that exceed that limit should b
Table 42: Network Quota Fields
In this field…
Do this…
Action
Specify what action to take when the number of network connections
ond per Source IP
•
Block.
Block all new connections from the source. Existing
•
None.
No action.
from the same source reaches the
Max. Connections/Sec
threshold. Select one of the following:
connections will not be blocked. This is the default.
Track
from a specific source that exceed
the
Max. Connections/Second per Source IP
threshold, by selecting one of
the following:
•
Log.
Log the connections. This is the default.
•
None.
Do not log the connections.
Specify whether to log connections
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