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Re: New Denial of Service Attack on Panix

  • From: Tim Bass
  • Date: Thu Oct 03 12:51:08 1996 
> Vern tested several other approaches. Random Drop wins.

Understood.  

But....

> 
> I suspect that if the network interface is fast enough compared to
> the processor speed, the machine will wedge when subjected to a fire-hose
> of even good requests.

Not really.  I can attack the servers with 'a fire hose' and the
DoS attack 'works' but the server runs.  I think it is just a problem
with the way I installed the patchs.

I'm working it now.

Thanks again, 

Tim
> 
> 	-mo
> 


-- 
We're just two lost souls 
	swimming in a fish bowl, 
		year after year,

Running over the same old ground. 
	What have we found? 
		The same old fears.

	Wish you were here.
		-Roger Waters

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