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Re: [linux-security] inetd and denial-of-service

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Aug 20 08:29:27 1996

From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: j@pobox.com
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:00:07 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.960819184623.22341H-100000@blackhole.mordor> from "Joel Maslak" at Aug 19, 96 07:33:38 pm

> I'd rather have the "init" behaviour: "id "c1" respawning too fast:
> Disabled for 5 minutes"]

You can still do this to Solaris 2.5 consoles, just hold down ^D and
lock the console off for 5 minutes. 

[REW: And Linux too (but if you want to prevent the sysop from logging in
on the console for five minutes you will need to do it on ALL VCs.)]

Alan
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