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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please clarify the pike settings for SIP message count, the module Doc reports:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>----<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>modparam("pike", "sampling_time_unit", 10)<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>modparam("pike", "reqs_density_per_unit", 30)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How many requests should be allowed per <code><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>sampling_time_unit</span></code> before blocking all the incoming request from that IP. Practically, the blocking limit is between ( let's have x=reqs_density_per_unit) x and 3*x for IPv4 addresses and between x and 8*x for IPv6 addresses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-----<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So the example above the SIP message rate is 30 messages within 10 seconds triggers an pike alert?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The description I’m confused on is “Practically, the blocking ‘<b><span style='color:red'>limit is between’</span></b><span style='color:red'> </span>(let's have x=reqs_density_per_unit) x and 3*x for IPv4”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The way this reads to me is the Pike alert could be triggered anywhere between 30 and 90 (3*30) messages within 10 second period. Am I reading this correctly? What determines when the pike trigger actually happens, could the trigger happen at say 56 messages within 10 seconds?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JR Richardson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Engineering for the Masses<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Chasing the Azeotrope<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>JRx DistillCo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1’st Place Brisket<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1’st Place Chili<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>