Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 17 Aug 1999 18:59:22 +0100 | From | Jonathan Masters <> | Subject | Re: device driver -> SYN flood? |
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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? > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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