RE: [squid-users] strange url's causing squid process to slow down

From: Elsen Marc <elsen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 07:49:20 +0200

 
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> Can anybody help me out with these sort of url;s
> http://203.89.146.164:80/%90%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%
> c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%c9%
> I have truncated this by 1/10. These sort of request are cuasing a DOS
> attack on my cache.
> Kindly let me know if there could be any solution.
> Being a Dial UP isp cant always disconnect users or filter
> their traffic
> through firewall.
 
Unfortunately (and by definition)
that will be your only option (filtering) to prevent the
request from 'entering' SQUID.

M.
Received on Tue Aug 03 2004 - 23:50:05 MDT

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