Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 12:00:59 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 303,000 routes in kernel Message-ID: <20010803190059.A63933811@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <93100.996790166@critter>
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <3B69CE3F.1BCCB280@telehouse.ch>, Andre Oppermann writes: > > >The problem I've got now is that for every packet I get the kernel is > >making one host entry in the routing table. Because of the many UDP > >DNS requests from all over the world I've got 303'000 (yes, three- > >hundredthreethousand) entries in the kernel routing table which have > >not expired yet. So I'm getting error messages like this now: > > Hmm, I wasn't aware that we cloned routes for UDP packets, are you sure > that is what is causing the routes to exists ? (Just to mention the > obvious: it's not CodeRed probes ?) Dont forget that DNS can query you over tcp as well.. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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