Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 16:32:53 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <almarrie@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Segment failed SYNCOOKIE? Message-ID: <20070526233253.GB56054@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <499c70c0705261628x69396f33h107edf5577238100@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070525234115.GA48789@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <499c70c0705261245k6679a12k5a0237fce786ab68@mail.gmail.com> <20070526223314.GB55588@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <499c70c0705261628x69396f33h107edf5577238100@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 02:28:47AM +0300, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: > On 5/27/07, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote: > > > >Fortunately for me, the porblem appears on a cluster that > >sits behind a firewall or two, so I can turn syncookie off > >via net.inet.tcp.syncookies. > > > > Could I turn it off in my box till this get sorted out? > man syncache If your system is exposed to the internet, you are exposed to a DoS type attack. -- Steve
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