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Date:      Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:49:06 +0100
From:      "Andrew Liles" <Andrew.Liles@lbi.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   FreeBSD hang without panic
Message-ID:  <EA6F9EFA97D00C4CA7DAFEAF26CE4DEA01D71C5F@aristotle.wheel.net>

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On=20a=20FreeBSD=205.2.1=20box=20that=20has=20been=20in=20production=20a=20=
long=20time,=20I=20have=20had
a=20new=20type=20of=20hang=20on=20two=20days=20this=20week,=20the=20type=20=
of=20which=20I=20have=20not
seen=20before.=20=20(No=20recent=20software/hardware=20changes).

Symptom:=20The=20machine=20is=20a=20web/email=20server=20only.=20=20It=20s=
tops=20receiving=20new
SSH/HTTP/IMAP/POP=20connections,=20existing=20shells=20cease=20working.

On=20the=20machine=20itself=20no=20messages=20are=20shown=20and=20the=20ma=
chine=20responds=20to
repeated=20ENTER=20key=20presses=20with=20the=20login=20prompt.=20=20Once=20=
you=20enter=20"root"
[ENTER]=20then=20no=20further=20responses=20(except=20line=20feeds=20as=20=
you=20press=20ENTER).

What=20kind=20of=20hang=20is=20this?=20Could=20it=20be=20a=20DoS=20attack?=
=20Or=20is=20it=20some
internal=20process=20hanging?=20=20I=20have=20a=20debug=20kernel=20but=20a=
s=20the=20only=20solution
is=20a=20power-off=20reset,=20I=20never=20get=20any=20dump.

Any=20suggestions=20please=20where=20I=20might=20start=20to=20look,=20or=20=
services=20to
experiment=20disabling?

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