- dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/02/06 00:20:42
[servconf.c sshd_config sshd_config.5]
Change default of MaxStartups to 10:30:100 to start doing random early
drop at 10 connections up to 100 connections. This will make it harder
to DoS as CPUs have come a long way since the original value was set
back in 2000. Prompted by nion at debian org, ok markus@
diff --git a/sshd_config.5 b/sshd_config.5
index d2913c3..cfa4806 100644
--- a/sshd_config.5
+++ b/sshd_config.5
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.155 2013/01/18 08:00:49 jmc Exp $
-.Dd $Mdocdate: January 18 2013 $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sshd_config.5,v 1.156 2013/02/06 00:20:42 dtucker Exp $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 6 2013 $
.Dt SSHD_CONFIG 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
Additional connections will be dropped until authentication succeeds or the
.Cm LoginGraceTime
expires for a connection.
-The default is 10.
+The default is 10:30:100.
.Pp
Alternatively, random early drop can be enabled by specifying
the three colon separated values