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Date:      Fri, 08 Oct 1999 08:24:39 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Adam <bsdx@looksharp.net>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Random malfunction or hack?
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19991008082156.04464450@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991007140006.7709G-100000@ruby>
References:  <4.2.0.58.19991007104520.043fbbb0@localhost>

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At 02:00 PM 10/7/99 -0400, Adam wrote:

>What version of FreeBSD?
>Do you think you might have run low or out of swap just before these
>messages started appearing? 

Nope; the machine is very lightly loaded memory-wise. It mostly works
as a terminal server. However, that particular subnet is seeing lots
of skript kiddie attacks lately, so I wondered at first if an attempted
exploit -- possibly one that didn't let the hacker in but messed up
a crucial process or two -- was to blame. Eivind's theory is the most
plausible I've seen so far.

--Brett



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