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Date:      Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:15:07 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: net.inet.ip.portrange.randomized=1 hurts
Message-ID:  <20040602001507.GA7701@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040601185912.I83544@odysseus.silby.com>
References:  <20040601120238.B44353@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20040601120412.B63021@odysseus.silby.com> <20040601231213.GA3894@xor.obsecurity.org> <20040601185912.I83544@odysseus.silby.com>

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On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 07:03:27PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>=20
> > On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 12:05:35PM -0500, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> > > Sounds like something that should be dealt with on the server's end. =
 Some
> > > of the changes we've made in 5.x might fix the problem, but I don't t=
hink
> > > anyone has looked into that specific case.
> >
> > Is this also the cause of the mysql server connection failures
> > reported on freebsd-stable@?
> >
> > Kris
>=20
> Yes, it is possible that random ephemeral port allocation could cause the
> MySQL problems, if the connection rate is extremely high.  If it's
> happening, it would show up in the form of sockets stuck in the SYN_SENT
> state.  If one of the people reporting problems can verify it, I could
> backport the changes I made to handle this edgecase in 5.x.

I suggest posting to stable@

Kris

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