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Date:      Sat, 2 Nov 2002 14:09:24 -0500
From:      "Charles Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: rate-limiting uptime went backwards?
Message-ID:  <00b901c282a3$73859690$0301a8c0@prime>
References:  <0C73DE87-EE16-11D6-BF9D-000393754B1C@vangelderen.org>

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Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote:
> Is there any specific reason why the "microuptime went backwards"
> message is not rate-limited? These messages are rather easy to provoke
> by the local user tinkering with something as mundane as Java and
> constitute a nice local DoS attack.

Try adding "kern.timecounter.method=1" to /etc/sysctl.conf, which may help
work around the issue.

-Chuck


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