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From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: RSA Server down.. router blocking
To: marcs@znep.com (Marc Slemko)
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 18:42:31 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970302160829.3488N-100000@alive.znep.com> from Marc Slemko at "Mar 2, 97 04:10:52 pm"
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> Umm... sounds more to me like they are continuing to have problems with
> SYN flooding, as has been mentioned numerous times.  If their server
> doesn't have adequate code to deal with them or they fake SYNs are coming
> in at too high of a rate, you will get no response to your connection
> attempt because the queue of incoming incomplete connections is full with
> the fake SYNs.

Yea, but that should effect all ports on that system, no?  Its only the key
port thats seeing this.

-Crh

       Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu

                         http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich