JS
On Sun, 6 Jul 1997, Robert Hiltibidal wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> A DoS, Denial of Service attack floods a particular port with requests
> that are never answered. The result is your os (server,router,portmaster)
> ends up with a bunch of open requests that eat up memory.
>
> Most DoS attacks use a spoofed address, nonroutable existing address, to
> hide their source. We have found that this causes a number of ICMP
> redirects in the syslog file. We'll then go to the router and ban that
> particular ip. The bad thing about a DoS attack is that it mimics an
> actual request for service.
>
> Now, how this applies to the portmaster I don't know. A portmaster only
> provides a basic function. Its possible to deny telnet access but that
> doesn't shut the portmaster down. Up to know I really hadn't thought it
> possible to do a DoS attack on a portmaster and actually take it off line.
> I would ask the question: Was the root password compromised?
>
>
> Rob
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