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SubjectRe: device driver -> SYN flood?
Yes, can someone please elaborate on this. Is it fair to say that the kernel
reports on all attacks in this way - I've never been attacked so I don't know.

nbecker@fred.net wrote:

> We are developing a driver that communcitates with a prototype board,
> currently using the parallel port. When used heavily, it's causing
> strange networking problems.
>
> First, other machines have trouble mounting exports from the machine
> running this driver.
>
> Secondly, the machine running the driver frequently says:
>
> Aug 17 10:54:53 pacpc3 kernel: Warning: possible SYN flood from 139.85.24.54 on
> 139.85.24.52:635. Sending cookies.
>
> What's this all about?
>
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