Michael H. Warfield enscribed thusly:
> Chip Salzenberg enscribed thusly:
> > A server I'm responsible for is running 2.1.129 plus the UP Flu patch,
> > and yet it keeps dying without log messages.
>
> > I have verified that this server has been attacked by Skript Kiddeez
> > in the past, because the SYN Cookie feature trapped and logged several
> > SYN floods (thanks for SYN Cookies!). But I don't know if they're
> > still attacking it with something I haven't heard of, or if the kernel
> > is just crashing for other reasons.
> I heard of someone else who claimed that 129 was susceptable to one
This was in error... I went back to the report I received and it
was against 2.0.36, not 2.1.129. I'm going to proceed and check them
both out against a barrage of teardrop varients. Sorry if I caused any
confusion in this.
> of the teardrop varients, newtear specifically. I just heard about this
> yesterday and haven't had a chance to retest this or test it against
> teardrop or boink (the original and another varient). Consider it an
> unconfirmed rumor. I will post back later if my testing turns up anything.
>
> If anyone else has any specifics, please chime in.
>
> > It's compiled for UP, running on a Pentium II, 64M, aic7xxx SCSI
> > disk, no IDE at all. Help?
> > --
> > Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
> > "There -- we made them swerve slightly!" //MST3K
>
> Mike
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Mike
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