Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 06:56:28 -0500 From: Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> To: Stan Brown <stanb@awod.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: My FreeVSD machine is locking up at 6AM every morning. Message-ID: <35334EEB.99798DE5@airnet.net> References: <199804141103.LAA16838@hub.freebsd.org>
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Stan Brown wrote: > > My HP Vectra P90 with FreeBSD 2.2STABLE, whcih has been as solid as a > rock for almost 2 years (uptimees of months). Has sudenly stared > locking up at about 6AM every morning. > > I suspect a hardware problem. I have syslog pointed to e remote > machine, and am getting no unusual messages from this machine. I get > nothing on the console. It juts can't be pinged, and wont respond to > the keyboard. > > Cany anyone sugest a wayto diagnose this probelm? Are there any system > cleanup activites that routinely ru at around this time? > > Please, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't a LAND attack cripple a machine in this fashion? Stan, in case you didn't know, a LAND attack is done with a butchered TCP/IP packet sent to the machine with the intention of causing a crash and resulting in Denial-Of-Service. Is the machine firewalled? What does the machine do? -- Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net> ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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