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Date:      Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:26:41 -0800 (PST)
From:      Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>
To:        Dan Debertin <airboss@bitstream.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: easy way to crash freebsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSO.4.21.0103021524390.27749-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103021713040.21348-100000@dmitri.bitstream.net>

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[root@lotho dphoenix]# uname -a
FreeBSD lotho.sf.bravenet.com 4.2-STABLE FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Thu Mar  1
17:07:55 PST 2001
droot@lotho.sf.bravenet.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL  i386
[root@lotho dphoenix]# 

Here is the machine i was able to do it on.
Btw it won't happen instantly
Give it a few hours to run out of mbufs etc :)

name lookups shouldn't be happening in kernel space.
was somethign suggested.



On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Dan Debertin wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:15:02 -0600 (CST)
> From: Dan Debertin <airboss@bitstream.net>
> To: Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com>
> Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: easy way to crash freebsd
> 
> Unable to replicate. Opened up 1,000 connections to port 22 with
> /etc/resolv.conf symlinked to /etc/foo. FreeBSD-4.1.1-RELEASE.
> 
> Have fun,
> 
> Dan Debertin
> --
> ++ Unix is the worst operating system, except for all others.
> 
> ++ Dan Debertin
> ++ Senior Systems Administrator
> ++ Bitstream Underground, LLC
> ++ airboss@bitstream.net
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> 
> 
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Dan Phoenix wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > symbolic link /etc/resolv.conf
> > to a non-existant file....throw a bunch of connections at it
> > and watch it reboot.
> >
> 
> 


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