From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Mar 2 15:27:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gandalf.vi.bravenet.com (gandalf.bravenet.com [139.142.105.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2239B37B718 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:27:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dphoenix@bravenet.com) Received: (qmail 23102 invoked by uid 1000); 2 Mar 2001 23:26:41 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Mar 2001 23:26:41 -0000 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 15:26:41 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Phoenix To: Dan Debertin Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: easy way to crash freebsd In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [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 > To: Dan Phoenix > Cc: "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 > ++ (612)321-9290 x108 > ++ GPG Fingerprint: 0BC5 F4D6 649F D0C8 D1A7 CAE4 BEF4 0A5C 300D 2387 > > > 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. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message