Re: (PM) filter for land attach

Tom (tom@sdf.com)
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:00:46 -0800 (PST)

On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Tom wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Nov 1997, Jake Messinger wrote:
> >
> > > dont forget to log violations
> >
> > Except that this creates a brand new DoS attack. It is the old
> > fill-the-filesystem game.
>
> Not if you have an intelligent syslogd daemon.

Hehe... well unless you've built an AI into into your syslogd, it can
still be done. The typical "intelligence" is easily side-stepped.

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Tom

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