From: CaT <cat@zip.com.au>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: possible dos / wsize affected frozen connection length (was: Re: 2.6.17.1: fails to fully get webpage)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:55:41 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060705005540.GL2344@zip.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060629225039.GO2149@zip.com.au>
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:50:39AM +1000, CaT wrote:
> Another datapoint to this is that I've had this my netcat web test
> running since 8:42pm yesterday. It's 8:37am now. It hasn't progressed
> in any way. It hasn't quit. It hasn't timed out. It just sits there,
> hung. This leads me to consider the possibility of a DOS, either
> intentional or accidental (think about 2.6.17.x running on a mail server
> and someone mails/spams from a broken place).
I'm just wondering if connections hanging around this long are normal.
The above has now been running for 6 days. netstat is still reporting an
established session. netcat has not timed out. It's all just sitting
there doing nothing.
--
"To the extent that we overreact, we proffer the terrorists the
greatest tribute."
- High Court Judge Michael Kirby
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-05 0:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-29 1:59 2.6.17.1: fails to fully get webpage CaT
2006-06-29 2:46 ` David Miller
2006-06-29 3:09 ` CaT
2006-06-29 3:47 ` David Miller
2006-06-29 4:18 ` CaT
2006-06-29 14:50 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-06-29 22:50 ` CaT
2006-07-05 0:55 ` CaT [this message]
2006-07-05 11:54 ` possible dos / wsize affected frozen connection length (was: Re: 2.6.17.1: fails to fully get webpage) linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-07-05 11:54 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-07-10 23:23 ` CaT
2006-07-13 12:11 ` possible dos / wsize affected frozen connection length Herbert Xu
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