New configuration option "MaxConnectionsIP".

[ngircd-alex.git] / man / ngircd.conf.5

diff --git a/man/ngircd.conf.5 b/man/ngircd.conf.5
index 773287a7ee09fb43c0e995a1dfab77f38b448389..d1cf47e2d60a24a006b0f9d36ee3ea90783a1876 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ngircd.conf.5
+++ b/man/ngircd.conf.5
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.11 2003/09/11 12:05:28 alex Exp $
+.\" $Id: ngircd.conf.5,v 1.12 2003/11/05 21:41:02 alex Exp $
 .\"
 .TH ngircd.conf 5 "Mai 2003" ngircd "ngIRCd Manual"
 .SH NAME
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ not(!) channel-operators? Default: no.
 Maximum number of simultaneous connection the server is allowed to accept
 (<=0: unlimited). Default: -1.
 .TP
+\fBMaxConnectionsIP\fR
+Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single IP address that
+the server will accept (<=0: unlimited). This configuration options lowers
+the risk of denial of service attacks (DoS). Default: 5.
+.TP
 \fBMaxJoins\fR
 Maximum number of channels a user can be member of (<=0: no limit).
 Default: 10.