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diff --git a/network/phrel/README b/network/phrel/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..e2011592b6652 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/phrel/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +PHREL is a Per Host RatE Limiter. + +It will track the rate of incoming traffic to a server and insert +insert a chain into iptables when a configured threshold is crossed. +The inserted chain may either rate limit or block the offending host +for a period of time. + +It is particularly well suited to protecting nameservers (DNS) from +random flood requests. + +Please see: phreld(1) and phreld.conf(5) for post-install configuration, +and /etc/rc.d/rc.local for daemon auto-start. |