Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/44894: as a local non-root user and remote it's possible to make telnet throw up. Message-ID: <200211050250.gA52o2pR046201@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/44894; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Michele Possamai <possamai@xs4all.nl> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/44894: as a local non-root user and remote it's possible to make telnet throw up. Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 04:44:59 +0200 On 2002-11-04 13:40, Michele Possamai <possamai@xs4all.nl> wrote: > While expirimenting with C and sockets I accidently ran accross a > little bitty bug. I just don't really know where the bug would be.. > it's either in telnetd or in inetd. But when running the program I > wrote locally as a normal user I was able to dissable telnet access > for a while... You're hitting the telnet port so hard that you managed to DOS the service. There are ways to limit the connections that inetd accepts. Try using the following line in inetd.conf: telnet stream tcp nowait/20/10 root /usr/libexec/telnetd telnetd Also look at the -c, -C and -R options of inetd :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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