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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.27 SECURITY BUG - TCP Local and REMOTE(verified)
	Denial of Service Attack
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:17:21 +0100
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On Sul, 2004-09-12 at 18:59, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> The problem is within inetd. In my case it could be because it was a bit
> old (1999), but since you have it too,

Ancient inetd had several fd leak bugs fixed over time and some other
problems with built in services. Not much of a suprise that a 1999 inetd
has it.

Alan