Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 14:09:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: John <mtber@mpinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd2.2.8 syn problem. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171408510.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <373F1DBA.21584768@mpinet.net>
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, John wrote: > When my machine recives an attack on a system port ex: 113 it reboots > after about 2 min. Well maybe, if you don't need POP running, that would help. > Would blocking all udp exept for on port 53 prevent this ? Port 53 does > not cause my machine to reboot when being attacked. It seems to me like > my kernel is only rebooting my system when it recives a sertain amount > of udp packets to a daemon which does not support. How can I patch this > ? I doubt that's the problem. A firewall would help if you dont need off-siters accessing POP. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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