You are correct. Setting a wait.500 solves my problems. So I no longer think it is a bug, but maybe .max should be set for the tftp entry in inetd.conf...
Thank you for your help. Venlig Hilsen / Regards Morten -- Morten Laursen, M.Sc.S.E. RTX Telecom A/S - http://www.rtx.dk/ Direct phone: (+45) 96 32 24 03 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Langasek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25. august 2005 03:06 > To: Morten Laursen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Bug#324862: tftpd in sarge is unstable > > > reassign 324862 netkit-inetd > severity 324862 wishlist > thanks > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 03:44:36PM +0200, Morten Laursen wrote: > > uname -a: > > Linux apollo-11-srv 2.4.27-2-686-smp #1 SMP Thu Jan 20 > 11:02:39 JST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux > > > It is very easy to kill the tftp service on a standard > sarge installation! > > > On one PC I run: > > for ((i=0;i<100;i+=1)); do atftp -g --tftp-timeout 1 -r > test 10.1.23.210; done > > (I do use tftpd, though I use the atftpd client) > > > The server is running on another PC. > > > After 10-20 file transfers it stops. After restarting inetd > file transfers resume. > > > tcpdump: > > (...) > > 16:40:47.409813 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > 16:40:47.416795 IP 10.1.23.210.32862 > 10.10.150.15.1064: > UDP, length: 8 > > 16:40:47.417398 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.32862: > UDP, length: 4 > > 16:40:47.426976 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > 16:40:47.434001 IP 10.1.23.210.32862 > 10.10.150.15.1064: > UDP, length: 8 > > 16:40:47.434664 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.32862: > UDP, length: 4 > > 16:40:47.443579 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > 16:40:48.443176 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > 16:40:49.443104 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > 16:40:50.468140 IP 10.10.150.15.1064 > 10.1.23.210.69: 13 > RRQ "test" octet > > (...) > > > /etc/inetd.conf: > > tftp dgram udp wait apollo > /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /home/apollo/tftp > > This sounds like ordinary inetd rate limiting to me? > > -- > Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough > and a Free OS > Debian Developer to set it on, and I can > move the world. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.debian.org/ >

