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Re: Jul 9 08:06:03 all inetd[122]: httpd/tcp server failing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Casper Dik)
Mon Jul 10 12:37:30 1995
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:52:09 +0200
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From: Casper Dik <casper@Holland.Sun.COM>
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In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Jul 1995 08:16:58 EDT."
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> I was trying a loop test to stress performance on our secure W3
>server and found that inetd under SunOS detects what it thinks to be
>loops and shuts down all httpd services untill a kill -HUP is sent to
>the inetd process. How is this bug/feature controlled, and doesn't this
>lead very directly to denial of services attacks?
There is a patch for SunOS 4.1.x that add an option to control this behaviour.
Casper
