From: BoD
This curve comes from the netfilter packet filtering HOWTO from Rusty Russell
http://www.netfilter.org/unreliable-guides/packet-filtering-HOWTO/packet-filtering-HOWTO.linuxdoc-7.html
rate (pkt/s)
^ .---.
| / DoS \
| / \
Edge of DoS -|.....:.........\.......................
= (limit * | /: \
limit-burst) | / : \ .-.
| / : \ / \
| / : \ / \
End of DoS -|/....:..............:.../.......\..../.
= limit | : :`-' `--'
-------------+-----+--------------+------------------> time (s)
LOGIC => Match | Didn't Match | Match
888
888
888
.d88b. 888d888 8888b. 88888b. 88888b.
d88P"88b888P" "88b888 "88b888 "88b
888 888888 .d888888888 888888 888
Y88b 888888 888 888888 d88P888 888
"Y88888888 "Y88888888888P" 888 888
888 888
Y8b d88P 888
"Y88P" 888
_
| |
__ _ _ __ __ _ _ __ | |__
/ _` | '__/ _` | '_ \| '_ \
| (_| | | | (_| | |_) | | | |
\__, |_| \__,_| .__/|_| |_|
__/ | | |
|___/ |_|
88
88
88
,adPPYb,d8 8b,dPPYba, ,adPPYYba, 8b,dPPYba, 88,dPPYba,
a8" `Y88 88P' "Y8 "" `Y8 88P' "8a 88P' "8a
8b 88 88 ,adPPPPP88 88 d8 88 88
"8a, ,d88 88 88, ,88 88b, ,a8" 88 88
`"YbbdP"Y8 88 `"8bbdP"Y8 88`YbbdP"' 88 88
aa, ,88 88
"Y8bbdP" 88
ASCII Character Codes:
g = ASCII 103
r = ASCII 114
a = ASCII 97
p = ASCII 112
h = ASCII 104
Capitalised:
G = ASCII 71
R = ASCII 82
A = ASCII 65
P = ASCII 80
H = ASCII 72