Using (D)DoS Fleat to protect your Linux system

(D)DoS Fleat is one of the best software based solutions for protection your Linux box against Ddos attacks.  Like many best things in life, (D)DoS Fleat is freeware and open source. Developed by MediaLayer, it is probably the cheapest solution to defend your system. Of cause just software based solution is not enough to provide sufficient protection, but it is a start.

Installing (D)DoS fleat is very easy. Start by logging to your box as a root and type into schell:

wget http://www.inetbase.com/scripts/ddos/install.sh

chmod 0700 install.sh

./install.sh

By default (D)DoS fleat is configured to

FREQ=1
NO_OF_CONNECTIONS=50
APF_BAN=1
KILL=1
EMAIL_TO=”root”
BAN_PERIOD=600

In ddos.conf – Fleats configuration file. You can change these settings easily.