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Date:      Thu, 3 May 2001 14:08:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      mudman <mudman@R181204.resnet.ucsb.edu>
To:        "Timothy S. Bowers" <security@nol.co.za>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: reverse or not 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.30.0105031408340.26785-100000@R181204.resnet.ucsb.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0105031358300.26752-100000@R181204.resnet.ucsb.edu>

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On Thu, 3 May 2001, mudman wrote:

> > Another thing:  if I plug out all the network cables and reboot so that the box isn't connected to anything then "telnet 127.0.0.1 25" works perfectly.
>
> Some of the others will probably have much more useful insights.
> However, you seem to say:
> 1) I have slow response time
> 2) when I unplug from internet, response time increases.
>
> Someone hitting you with some kind of DoS or packet spam?
> I cannot say if it has anything to do with the resolver or not, but maybe
> some of the others can.

Nevermind, I'm stupid.  That doesn't make sense for localhost.



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