Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 11:30:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Simon Karpen <slk@acm.rpi.edu> Cc: Raymond Wiker <raymond@orion.no>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit (fwd) Message-ID: <199905051830.LAA01118@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 May 1999 10:34:50 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905041031540.27018-100000@delenn.acm.rpi.edu>
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> On Tue, 4 May 1999, Raymond Wiker wrote: > > > I have two other machines running 3.1-RELEASE in a slightly > > less hostile environment (i.e, no direct connections outwards), and > > they have been much more stable. I cannot rule out a hardware problem > > on the 486; I'll know for sure as soon as I upgrade it. > > I have 3.1-STABLE in a fairly hostile network environment. > I've found that the following will make the system unstable > and reboot. If you avoid all of thses, it's solid as a rock. > (otherwise you get the reboots) > > VESA support > VM86 support Naturally, it'd be really handy if you actually qualified what it is about these that cause your system to reboot. I'd be very dubious about the simple presence of either of these items causing random reboots, and the dearth of supporting information you've offered makes it much harder to help you. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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