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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:07:32 +0100 (MET)
From:      Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: inetd(8) MFCed.
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.20.9911181306440.24055-100000@markab.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
In-Reply-To: <xzpemdoytdv.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On 18 Nov 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> I've merged the latest inetd(8) from -CURRENT, so -STABLE's inetd now
> has a fully function built-in ident server, and should no longer be
> vulnerable to the 'nmap -sT' DoS.

Thanks a lot! This will save us quite some grief, for indeed we
experienced "dead" systems after "regular" `nmap -sT` scans.

Gerald
-- 
Gerald "Jerry" pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/~pfeifer/



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