Re: udp packet storms
Charles Howes (chowes@helix.net)
Sun, 30 Oct 1994 04:07:27 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 29 Oct 1994, Pat Myrto wrote:
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> 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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