Re: device driver -> SYN flood?

allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:43:56 -0400 (EDT)


On 17 Aug, Jonathan Masters wrote:
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| Yes, can someone please elaborate on this. Is it fair to say that the kernel
| reports on all attacks in this way - I've never been attacked so I don't know.
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It's not necessarily an "attack" --- seems the latest version of a job
queueing system for Linux used by one of the research groups in CMU ECE
triggers it.

My guess is that the kernel is a bit overly sensitive.

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