Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:39:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Sameer R. Manek" <manek@ecst.csuchico.edu> To: # rm -rf /* <geniusj@shell.phrozen.org> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DoS?? Message-ID: <Pine.GHP.4.05.9906241236140.28995-100000@polio.ecst.csuchico.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906241156470.2131-100000@shell.phrozen.org>
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What does "a small attack" mean? do you have the exploit? can you capture a tcpdump of the attack? if there is an attack I'm sure the folks who have the know-how, would like to know what section of the code may have a bug in it. On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, # rm -rf /* wrote: > > I'm not quite sure if this is a DoS.. but on two 3.2-STABLE > machines with different configurations.. on two different networks.. after > a small attack from different places, the machine locks up.. the ports > still respond and there is still a ping reply.. but at the console, there > is no keyboard response and although the ports are answered.. nothing > happens after that.. no data is sent or received.. can someone enlighten > me on this? This happened on 2 different machines.. on the second one it > happened multiple times in a row :/.. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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