Casper Dik <casper@Holland.Sun.COM> writes: > > 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 Sun Solve Patch for Solaris 1.1.1 (SunOS 4.1.3_U1) is : Patch-ID# 101618-01 Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.3_U1: inetd "broken server detection" breaks on fast machines BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111 Changes incorporated in this version: Version for Solaris 1.1 (SunOS 4.1.1 - 4.1.3) is : Patch-ID# 100178-09 Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.1;4.1.2;4.1.3: inetd "broken server detection" breaks on fast machines BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111 Changes incorporated in this version: Version for Solaris 1.2 (SunOS 4.1.4) is: Patch-ID# 102416-01 Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.4: inetd patch BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111 Changes incorporated in this version: Just thought that I would help clarify it. -Ken Wilcox