[OpenSER-Users] query: how to deal with crazy clients

[Klaus Darilion]

Bogdan-Andrei Iancu wrote:
> Hi Klaus,
> 
> in my opinion the pike is still the answer - it works at IP level (gets 
> only source ip of the package).
> if you want to get the 20 requests/second, try
>    modparam("pike", "sampling_time_unit", 2)
>    modparam("pike", "reqs_density_per_unit", 10)
> 
> and try to decrease the last value if still not reacting..

Certainly I have to give pike a try, again.

But I think the threshold is too low. E.g. think of an eyebeam client 
starting up and sending SUBSCRIBEs to all the buddies.

regards
klaus

> 
> regards,
> bogdan
> 
> Klaus Darilion wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> I once again bother about a stupid SIP client which is misconfigured 
>> and sending REGISTER messages like crazy to my SIP proxy (~20 
>> requests/second). How do you deal with that stupid clients.
>>
>> Manual blocking does not work as the client has dynamic IP addresses.
>>
>> I once also tried the pike module but had problems to find out a 
>> proper configuration (threshold value and sampling interval).
>>
>> Further, I think blocking at IP level (e.g. openser injects iptable 
>> rules) would be more useful.
>>
>> I would be happy to hear how you handle such situations.
>>
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