I have a dedicated server, and it seems my server has been victim of an 'F5 attack'. I am looking at the number of requests apache process simoultaniously. Normally, it's 10-30, but it sometimes jumps to 500+ and kills my server (most of the connections are "sending reply" or "keepalive"). I am forced to restart httpd each time that happens. Seems to me that causing something like this is as simple as holding down the F5 key while on a page, while more complicated methods (such as JournalMacro) can be much more effective at the task of killing my Apache server. What can I do about this? Thanks.
F5 attack?
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F5 attack?
Hi everyone,
I have a dedicated server, and it seems my server has been victim of an 'F5 attack'. I am looking at the number of requests apache process simoultaniously. Normally, it's 10-30, but it sometimes jumps to 500+ and kills my server (most of the connections are "sending reply" or "keepalive"). I am forced to restart httpd each time that happens. Seems to me that causing something like this is as simple as holding down the F5 key while on a page, while more complicated methods (such as JournalMacro) can be much more effective at the task of killing my Apache server. What can I do about this? Thanks.
I have a dedicated server, and it seems my server has been victim of an 'F5 attack'. I am looking at the number of requests apache process simoultaniously. Normally, it's 10-30, but it sometimes jumps to 500+ and kills my server (most of the connections are "sending reply" or "keepalive"). I am forced to restart httpd each time that happens. Seems to me that causing something like this is as simple as holding down the F5 key while on a page, while more complicated methods (such as JournalMacro) can be much more effective at the task of killing my Apache server. What can I do about this? Thanks.
- evilmonkey
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- Location: Toronto, Canada
- evilmonkey
- Forum Regular
- Posts: 823
- Joined: Sun Oct 06, 2002 1:24 pm
- Location: Toronto, Canada