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From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Subject: Re: Segment failed SYNCOOKIE?
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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