FreeBSD DDoS protection

[Matthew X. Economou]

khatfield at s... Writes:
> 
> The less you do with the firewall (routing/blocking/inspecting) the
> better.
> 
> Drop drop drop ;)

I think this is really bad advice.  A firewall should return
destination-unreachable/reset packets for administratively prohibited
traffic types.  Drops, null routes, etc. should only be used in case of
emergency like ongoing DoS attacks or for special cases like stealth
firewalls. 

-- 
I FIGHT FOR THE USERS