Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Barry Bouwsma <ag786@yfn.ysu.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /kernel: arpresolve: can't allocate llinfo Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980817140658.13255C-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <E0z8WGs-000573-00@yfn2.ysu.edu>
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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Barry Bouwsma wrote: > >> Aug 17 12:27:21 marley inetd[157]: chargen from 131.114.21.10 > > > > You should probably disable the chargen service in /etc/inetd.conf It > >doesn't seem to have much these days, except to allow outsiders to use > >your system to launch DoS of attacks. > > Actually, this chargen is running on port 119 of this news swerver, > with the real NNTP port elsewhere. It's just that a peer or two > has botched the configuration and is no longer connecting to the > proper port, using the wrong one by default... But it is also bad for you. chargen can easily consume tons of your bandwidth. Refusing connections is so much cheaper for your server, and your network. You chargen trick will backfire on you. > Barry Bouwsma, Bastard Newsadmin From Hell, Tele Danmark Internet et al. > > > > > -- > Barry Bouwsma, <barryb@tuke.sk> Intanet an' Netwerkin' gooru-type kind o' ner > to be found in the Swiss Appenzell eating cheese > or biking somewhere in the area, hacking to Internet connectivity > This sig is five lines long. Check your newsreader configuration if you do no Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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