Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:33:07 -0400 From: Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Desperate to shrink a partition Message-ID: <199906172133.AA212675187@broccoli.graphics.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:01:45 PDT." <25741.929653305@monkeys.com>
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>>My guess is you have either a hardware problem or one of you >>enemies has figured out a way to crash your system. > >I am 100% convinced that it is *neither*. > >The problem only arises when the IMRSS scanner program is running full >blast, at its maximum rate. >I suspect that perhaps I don't have the kernel configured for a deep >enough interrupt stack or something like that. (The system sometimes >has to handle in the neighborhood of 4K response packets coming back >almost simultaneously.) Have you looked for clues in /var/log/messages ? Have you considered the possibility of memory leaks in your software? >You are correct, sir, that no one at Cornell asked us to check for open mail >relays at Cornell. But I would counter with these two points: > > o No one at Cornell asked the spammers to do this either, but > that doesn't seem to have slowed THEM down any. (We do have > on file some spam that was relayed thru open mail servers at > Cornell.) We're quite aware of the spammers' activity without your "help". We're working on it, and yes, we have slowed them down, a lot, again without your "help". > o Despite the fact that you did not ask for our help in securing > your network against mail relay hijacking, the available evidence > indicates that you _do_ in fact need our help, as you have something > like 120 unsecured mail servers at Cornell. It's a big, decentralized place. We're working on it. Your project hasn't "helped" in the least. At least ORBS sends courtesy mail when they find a problem. That has actually helped. >Likewise in the case of unsecured mail >servers. Running these things is like leaving a loaded gun on your patio >while small children play nearby. You've been playing too many video games. Spammers are bad but they haven't killed anyone yet. >>Except we didn't ask for your "help". > >Well, if it is any consolation, we aren't charging you for it. Well I'm not charging for FreeBSD help, either. But I also didn't probe your system and offer it. I waited until you asked. -Mitch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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