Re: inetd should provide a way to better prevent DOS attacks ( "connection refused" IP based)

1999-09-12 Thread Venkatesh Krishnamurthi
Hi, Have you looked at xinetd (http://synack.net/xinetd/)? Venkatesh > > Hello, > > Are there any plans to make inetd's "connection refused" (or at least > connection closed) behaviour in case of too much simultaneos connections on a > certain port , IP based ? > > It's easy to make an i

inetd should provide a way to better prevent DOS attacks ( "connection refused" IP based)

1999-09-12 Thread Benno Senoner
Hello, Are there any plans to make inetd's "connection refused" (or at least connection closed) behaviour in case of too much simultaneos connections on a certain port , IP based ? It's easy to make an inetd service unusable on Redhat Linux, by simple flooding the port with connections. You s

Bug in emacs-20.3-15

1999-09-12 Thread Matthew Campbell
According to the NEWS file in Emacs 20.3, the load-path variable in Emacs automatically includes most subdirectories under /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp (and the reasons for excluding a directory from this list are included). In Red Hat, /usr/local/share doesn't exist by default, and directori

Red Hat 6.0 and Tyan Thunder motherboards

1999-09-12 Thread Robert Claeson
I'm trying to install Red Hat Linux 6.0 on a system that has a Tyan Thunder motherboard. The install CD boots and guides me through the partition process. Then it asks me which paging partitions to use and whether to check the for bad blocks. If I choose to check, the kernel immediately panics