Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:00:04 -0700 (PDT) From: serkoon <serkoon@thedarkside.nl> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/41552: TCP timers' sysctl's overflow Message-ID: <200208152100.g7FL04jL011288@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/41552; it has been noted by GNATS. From: serkoon <serkoon@thedarkside.nl> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, g.p.de.boer@st.hanze.nl Cc: Subject: kern/41552: TCP timers' sysctl's overflow Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:53:18 +0200 >Note, I don't think the fix referenced in this PR should be merged >into the security branches anyway, since it is not security related. Imo a bug which makes a host vulnerable to a DoS-attack by using up all available sockets/filedescriptors -is- a security-bug. I guess you'll agree on that. Then, why don't you feel that way in this particular ocassion? Is it that there just aren't many people around with HZ set at 1000 or up, so this bug, although it may be a security-bug, isn't that important because there are many higher prioritized things to fix? Pieter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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