[114] in bugtraq
Re: udp packet storms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Howes)
Sun Oct 30 09:07:38 1994
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 04:07:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Howes <chowes@helix.net>
To: Pat Myrto <rwing!pat@ole.cdac.com>
Cc: Tim Newsham <newsham@zang.kcc.hawaii.edu>, bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <9410300525.AA08451@rwing.UUCP>
On Sat, 29 Oct 1994, Pat Myrto wrote:
<snip>
> That's interesting - it amounts to a feedback loop (in electrical
> or audio terminology). Is there a way to interrupt this sort of
> thing (short of killing inetd or the involved daemon) or rebooting (a
> drastic method of doing the same thing)?
>
> How would one prevent this without disabling the udp services?
Hmm; I wonder if it's possible to tell tcpd to rate-limit a particular
service?
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Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
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