Linux-Networking Digest #207, Volume #10 Sun, 14 Feb 99 20:14:25 EST
Contents:
Re: really dumb questions (L J Bayuk)
Re: NT DHCP Server -> Linux Box (Luca Filipozzi)
obtain time and changing passwd through www ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Network help!!! (bklimas)
Qpopper 2.53 with APOP on Linux (Tobin Fricke)
Re: DNS Questions? (Luca Filipozzi)
Re: ppp help please (Ed Jones)
Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix ("Michael Chaney")
Re: really dumb questions (Luca Filipozzi)
Re: 3com Impact IQ ISDN modem and Linux: it doesn't work well, anybody know why?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Ethernet Card problems? or what? (Tom Orsi)
Re: best setup? (Luca Filipozzi)
Netscape cookie Path (Ted)
Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT cable
modem) (Jeff McWilliams)
modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4 (david woodworth)
Re: Help: Whats's the meaning of "Kernel: Possible SYN flood from host on Port 53.
Sending Cookies" (John Auld)
Re: Can't check mail ("Stephen Thomas")
Re: slow telnet logins in RH 5.2 (again) vs. Slackware/Caldera (Tim Lines)
Re: Help: Whats's the meaning of "Kernel: Possible SYN flood from host on Port 53.
Sending Cookies" (Chris J/#6)
Re: HELP: Sharing Access Database on Linux File Server is Slow (Tim Lines)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: really dumb questions
Date: 14 Feb 1999 22:54:53 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>How can I tell if a network cable (rj-45) is a crossover or straight-through
>(if that's the right word)? I bought one before I even knew there were more
>than one kind, so I don't have the package anymore, and I've since bought a
>10Base-T hub, so I want to know if it will work between that and a 3c509 ISA
>card.
>
>Secondly, is there a way to connect an Etherlink II card with a BNC jack to a
>hub with an rj-45 jack to talk to Etherlink III cards?
>
>Finally, what is that other (15-hole) port on a network card for, and does it
>have anything to do with the answer to my second question?
1. If the internal wires are color-coded, just check the ends, otherwise
you need to buzz it out with a meter. Cross-over cable will cross-connect
1<->3 and 2<->6. However, cross-over cables are rare, and odds are you
have a straight-through one.
2. No.
3. That is called a DIX connector, (or AUI), and is used for a transceiver.
There are 3 kinds you can get: old fat 10base5, coax 10base2, and RJ-45
style 10baseT. Yes, this answers (2): you need a 10baseT transceiver to
connect to your card with the DIX connector, then that connects to your
hub.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: NT DHCP Server -> Linux Box
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:00:48 -0800
[This followup was posted to comp.os.linux.networking and a copy was sent
to the cited author.]
In article <36c613fe.2489479@news>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Anyone knows the Scope options (DHCP) on NT Server to Allow A Linux
> box to access the net through a cable modem.
>
> Server = NT 4.0
> Linux Box = RedHat 5.1
> Cable Modem = Mototola (@home Service Provider)
>
>
Insufficient information.
How is your LAN set up?
Do you have a masquerading firewall and just need to know the scope
option for the default route (option 003)? Or is the cable directly
connected to a hub and all the machines hang off that hub (yikes!)? (In
which case you have ip allocation problems.)
More info please.
Luca
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Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: obtain time and changing passwd through www
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 22:54:07 GMT
I have a linux internet server with slackware and kernel 2.0.35. I want to
offer to my users changing passwords and obtain time of access through a web
server. Someone knows some cgi program that allow this ?
Thanks in advance...
roberto
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From: bklimas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Network help!!!
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 01:09:45 GMT
Could you please choose just one newsgroup to post you question to?
Aaron Dershem wrote:
> OK, after reading stuff all day and looking all over the web, I'll say it:
> I have no freakin' idea what I'm doing!
>
> Could someone out there outline the steps I need to do in order to get my
> network card to work?
And do you have Linux installed or do you have this problem with Windows?
What distribution and version of Linux did you install? Did the installation
program prompt you about your network card during the
installation? And how do you know you have problems with installation
of the network card and not just the network setup?
> I downloaded the via-rhine.c file from the Internet
> (using my Win98 box :-( ), but no clue as to what happens next. Do I have
> to compile a new kernel, compile the driver (.c file), or what?
Just get RedHat 5.2 and install it. I did so, I am a newbie, and my network
works. I did not have to recompile anything. I don't know anything about the
.c file you mention. It seems to me you make it more complicated then
it really is.
>
> Thanks, I'll be waiting for an answer.
Just be more specific and we will try to help you? What exactely is your
problem? What I you trying to do, and what do you get?
>
> Email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I did. Pls reply to comp.os.linux.setup ONLY.
>
> Aaron Dershem
Best regards,
b.k.
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From: Tobin Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,ucb.os.linux
Subject: Qpopper 2.53 with APOP on Linux
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:50:39 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to install Qualcomm's Qpopper 2.53 with APOP on my SuSE 6.0
system and am having some trouble. I know this is a common problem, but
I haven't been able to solve it. The problem is that popauth (the
program which maintains a database of everyone's apop password) always
generates an error of "unable to open POP authorization DB":
>./configure --enable-apop=/etc/pop.auth --with-popuid=pop --enable-specialauth
>make
>./popauth -init
Really initialize POP authorization DB? y
>./popauth
Changing POP password for root.
New password:
Retype new password:
./popauth: /etc/pop.auth: unable to open POP authorization DB
This error comes from line 605 of popauth.c (a call to gdbm_open results
in the error "Unable to be writer"). I think this might be due to
file-locking problems. I thus forcefully undefined HAVE_FLOCK in
flock.c, and recompiled... Viola! no more "unable to open POP
authorization DB" errors. popauth appeared to function correctly,
adding uses to /etc/pop.auth. So, I decided to test it out, with
Eudora...
Eudora connected, the apop authorization was recorded in Syslog, and
then Eudora brought up an error: "Connection reset by remote host". Not
only that, but QPOPPER managed to TRUNCATE my mailspool into a zero byte
file! (grr!) This is what I'm trying to solve now (why does it do that,
and how do I make it work?).. Any ideas?
thank you,
Tobin Fricke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: DNS Questions?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:59:54 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Luca,
>
> I succesfully configured the DNS caching server and the linux.bogus as
> described in the DNS-HOWTO. I am excited about accomplishing this
> task, yet I have a couple unanswered questions.
>
> My dsl connection gives me a static ip, but the ISP has a name
> resolved to it. You can see (below) that if I do a reverse dns lookup
> on it, it will return the pacbell name. I am planning to run a primary
> DNS on my machine and reconfigure brie.com to point to it. The dns on
> my machine will "resolve" www, ftp and so forth. When someone does a
> reverse dns lookup on 207.212.133.10 will they get
> adsl-207-212-133-10.dsl.pacbell.net or brie.com or both? Will this
> create problems?
>
> $ nslookup
> > 207.212.133.10
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
>
> Name: adsl-207-212-133-10.dsl.pacbell.net
> Address: 207.212.133.10
>
> When both are aliases to the same ip will it give
>
> $ nslookup
> > 207.212.133.10
> Server: localhost
> Address: 127.0.0.1
>
> Name: brie.com
> Name: adsl-207-212-133-10.dsl.pacbell.net
> Address: 207.212.133.10
>
> Second question. I noticed in the DNS HOWTO in the zone file for linux
> bogus (Section 4.2) that a secondary mail exchanger had been
> established (quoted below). How does this work? Does this mean that
> that mail exchanger mail.friend.bogus is configured to hold email when
> the machine mail.linux.bogus is down? What if I have only one mail
> exchange and my machine is down? Will that mail bounce?
>
> section of zone file from DNS-HOWTO (Section 4.2)
> /var/named/pz/linux.bogus
>
> gw A 192.168.196.1
> HINFO "Cisco" "IOS"
> TXT "The router"
>
> ns A 192.168.196.2
> MX 10 mail
> MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
> HINFO "Pentium" "Linux 2.0"
> www CNAME ns
>
> donald A 192.168.196.3
> MX 10 mail
> MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
> HINFO "i486" "Linux 2.0"
> TXT "DEK"
>
> mail A 192.168.196.4
> MX 10 mail
> MX 20 mail.friend.bogus.
> HINFO "386sx" "Linux 1.2"
>
> brian
> --------------------
> Brian Lavender
> Sacramento, CA
> http://www.brie.com/brian/
>
> "Java? I've heard of it,
> it is what I drink while hacking Perl!" -- Brent Michalski
>
>
I emailed my reply to you.
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Ed Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp help please
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 06:58:55 +0000
RLopez6836 wrote:
>
> I decided to put sound on the back burner and hook up my modem for ppp
> (something easy right?). PPP files are all over my drive. When I run /sbin/pppd
> i get the message "kernel not compiled for ppp, or modules not loaded". When i
> compiled my kernel i checked network support built in not modular. Do i have to
> use modules for ppp. If so how do i do it? All the help files say go to some
> directory which i go to and run ./configure then make, etc. I do and bash says
> no such command. I reinstalled ppp.rpm from my cd but still have the same
> problem. Any ideas?
Yes, either the kernel must be compiled to support ppp or you need to
load some modules. However, I thought that the default distribution of
redhat had this compiled into the kernel. I think the details for the
modules are in "/usr/doc/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO" That HOWTO also discusses the
kernel compile to support ppp and which options you need to check. Of
course you'll also need kernel support or modules to support your
network card or modem, depending upon your configuration.
Good luck - Ed
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From: "Michael Chaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.linux,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.windows.x.kde
Subject: Re: MS Explorer 4.0 for Unix
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 18:02:13 -0600
Mark Bratcher wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Since IE 4 is primarily a Windows-based program (actually, according to
>Bill Gates, it cannot even be extracted from Win98 :^>) it makes the
>most sense to go through the trouble of rebooting into Windows to test
>IE 4. Even if there was an IE 4 for Unix (which MS would not do for
>obvious reasons)
I know that this sounds nuts, but why not at least try to find out what
you're talking about before talking:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/all.htm?bShowPage
If you would put the Microsoft-hating aside, you would realize that IE4
actually is a good browser, as is Navigator 4. Now, in case you don't want
to go to the above URL, it's available for both the Mac, and Solaris and
HP-UX. No Linux version yet, but it's hard to say, they might do it. I
doubt it'll be anytime too soon, though....
Michael
--
Michael Darrin Chaney
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.michaelchaney.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: really dumb questions
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:04:15 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >How can I tell if a network cable (rj-45) is a crossover or straight-through
> >(if that's the right word)? I bought one before I even knew there were more
> >than one kind, so I don't have the package anymore, and I've since bought a
> >10Base-T hub, so I want to know if it will work between that and a 3c509 ISA
> >card.
> >
> >Secondly, is there a way to connect an Etherlink II card with a BNC jack to a
> >hub with an rj-45 jack to talk to Etherlink III cards?
> >
> >Finally, what is that other (15-hole) port on a network card for, and does it
> >have anything to do with the answer to my second question?
>
> 1. If the internal wires are color-coded, just check the ends, otherwise
> you need to buzz it out with a meter. Cross-over cable will cross-connect
> 1<->3 and 2<->6. However, cross-over cables are rare, and odds are you
> have a straight-through one.
>
> 2. No.
>
> 3. That is called a DIX connector, (or AUI), and is used for a transceiver.
> There are 3 kinds you can get: old fat 10base5, coax 10base2, and RJ-45
> style 10baseT. Yes, this answers (2): you need a 10baseT transceiver to
> connect to your card with the DIX connector, then that connects to your
> hub.
Probably not worth the money to buy a transceiver. Just but an NE-2000-
compatible card (like LinkSys' Ether16) and throw away your 10Base-2
card. Or, get a different hub (like the 3Com Hub8/TPC) that have several
RJ45 jacks and one BNC connector.
Just my opinion.
Luca
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.isdn
Subject: Re: 3com Impact IQ ISDN modem and Linux: it doesn't work well, anybody know
why?
Date: 14 Feb 1999 01:25:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi, I have a LAN with 3 Windoze/95 machines and 2 Windoze/98 machines
>connected to a Linux RH 5.1 (2.0.34 Kernel) machine which connects to a
>3Com Impact IQ ISDN modem which in turn connects to an ISP. The modem
>works tolerably well in the evening and the middle of the night, but it
>is unreliable to the point of uselessness during the day time. U.S.
>West, the local TELCO, stuck an analyzer on the line and (I am getting
>this third hand so take it with a grain of salt) I am running 3.1
>Kbits/sec analog instead of 115 Kbits/sec digital.
>
Coming in a little late on this one, but I think the key is that you are
making the calls with 3.1 KHz Bearer Capability. (3Com calls this "Toll
Mizer". Turn it OFF!) During the evening, when there are lots of trunks
around, you get a good one, but during the day you get shunted off on
something that has impairments that clobber your data; echo cancellation,
digital pad, or something.
Laurence V. Marks
IBM Corp. - Research Triangle Park, NC
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From: Tom Orsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet Card problems? or what?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:44:38 -0800
I have a network setup off of a DSL modem. Two machine are physically on
the internet
with ip addresses. One machine is dual homed to allow me hook a NT box
up to it on a local
network.
During certain times the network cards stop responding on both hosts.
Each host is running
RH 5.1. I cannot ping outside of the network. The local machine NT can
ping the internet host
but the one internet host cannot ping the other.
When my system gets in this condition can anyone tell me what
tools/utilities to look at
to determine what the problem is? When I reboot the machine and or the
DSL modem the problem
goes away?? I tried using netstat but it doesn't seem to give me any
information about the
condition of the network cards. They are *cheap* network cards possibly
this is the problem?
Thanks,
-Tom-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Luca Filipozzi)
Subject: Re: best setup?
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:09:39 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Ok I have just recently found Linux (Redhat 5.2) and love it. I have
> been tinkering with computers since TS1000's where all the rage. And
> linux does some much stuff that I'm unsure of how to ...
>
> Here's what I have a PII 333 with 6.4G, 64Mram Ne2000 compatible card
> and external 56K modem running linux only, I blew windows 98 away the
> last time it crashed and gave all the hard drive space to linux and I
> have a 386DX33 with 540M, 8M ram Ne2000 compatible card . And a 5 port
> hub.
>
> What I mostly do is surf the net with the PII running redhat and I am
> learning C++ programming and my kids play games and occasionally do
> homework on the 386 running WFWG 3.1 (Yes I know that this box could run
> linux but the video dosen't run X very well (crashes alot probably due
> to a crude vga video card). Both are connected to there own printers.
>
> OK I'll get to the point I would like to give the kids net access
> through my box. And while both boxes have net cards they are not being
> used at this time just because there isn't any need to share
> printers or files. Can I do this and if so point me in the right
> direction. One more thing is that I have promised my kids another
> computer in the near future so they can quit fighting over the one 386.
>
>
Yes, of course you can do this.
Step 1: Read the Masquerading HOWTO. It will tell you how to "hide" a
whole network behind a single machine. You can find the HOWTO's at
www.linux.org under Support.
Step 2: Get and install Samba. It will allow your linux box to act as
either a server (better) or client of a Windows Network. You can connect
both printers to the linux box (you need to buy a card that gives you a
second parallel port) and share them to the WfWg box. Samba should come
as an RedHat RPM. Otherwise, check out www.samba.org.
Hope this helps,
Luca
--
Luca Filipozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netscape cookie Path
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:37:10 -0600
Does anyone know where netscape keeps the cookies that it gets when it
recieves them. What is the path. Preferably on Redhat 5.2
I don't know if this is the best place for this, sorry if this gets in
your way.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
Ted
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams)
Crossposted-To:
comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,linux.redhat.misc,linux.samba,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: 10/100 Ethernet SWITCH (to be used for Fast Ethernet LAN, and 10-BaseT
cable modem)
Date: 15 Feb 1999 00:06:32 GMT
In article <01be5290$e24fc740$0200a8c0@mycompnt>, DVD wrote:
>Also, does Linux 2.2 kernel support the 3Com FAST ETHERLINK ISA
>10BT/100BASE-TX adapter? I am looking into buying a 10/100 NIC for my box
Just be sure you realize that the 3C515 ( I think that's the model) ISA
100TX card will NOT give you 100Mb/s. I was looking at that card for a
SoftPLC (programmable logic controller) that was in an ISA only case for
putting it on a 100TX network. 3COM's site mentions that the card will max out
at 25Mb/s due to limitations of the ISA bus.
Jeff
--
Jeff McWilliams
"The mystery boy has gone to war, in the fields of death you'll find him."
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From: david woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:14:08 GMT
Jesus M. Salvo, Jr. posted a solution for this message, but the article has expired.
Jesus, how did you solve it??
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From: (John Auld)
Subject: Re: Help: Whats's the meaning of "Kernel: Possible SYN flood from host on
Port 53. Sending Cookies"
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:26:27 GMT
On 14 Feb 1999 21:28:22 -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris
J/#6) wrote:
>This is part of Linux's defense against SYN flood DOS attacks. It can be
>removed by reconfiguring the kernel (but I'd advise keeping it in), and its
>related to all TCP connections. From Documentation/Configure.help:
>
>SYN flood protection
>CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
Thanks for a prompt reply. Sadly, the named service was killed, but
that might have been caused by some other attack, rather than SYN
flooding. On this occassion I had to reboot the server before I could
get named to restart.
Regards
John Auld
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From: "Stephen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Can't check mail
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 20:32:17 -0600
Fixed it.
I found that I had stopped the inet daemon. Set it back to start when
booting and everything is back to normal.
Thanks,
Steve
Stephen Thomas wrote in message ...
>Since I had a power outage and had to restart my Linux system I can't check
>my e-mail from another system on the network. I am using Popper and get an
>error that my other system can't connect to the server. I get no log
>entries. I am fairly new to Linux so any help troubleshooting this would be
>appreciated.
>
>P.S. I don't know if it is related but I also can't connect to SWAT to
>manage my Samba server. I can, however, connect to the web server on that
>computer.
>
>Thanks,
>Steve
>
>
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From: Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slow telnet logins in RH 5.2 (again) vs. Slackware/Caldera
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:32:14 +0000
You're explanation is correct but it doesn't explain why the slackware machine
was not slow. I believe that some machines do the reverse address resolution
when telnetted to and some do not. An incomplete list (if I can believe
everything I have heard):
Systems that do reverse lookup:
AIX
Redhat
Caldera
VMS running UCX
Systems that don't do a reverse lookup:
SunOS 4.1.X
Slackware
ACE Alex wrote:
> Had the same prob when i installed redhat. But I found a solution! The
> telnet login is slow cause when you are trying to connect to the machine it
> runs reverse dns on the ip address to get some info on you! And cause it
> cant find the dns server it has to wait for a network time out. So put up a
> dns server or disable the reverse dns search!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris J/#6)
Subject: Re: Help: Whats's the meaning of "Kernel: Possible SYN flood from host on
Port 53. Sending Cookies"
Date: 14 Feb 1999 21:28:22 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is part of Linux's defense against SYN flood DOS attacks. It can be
removed by reconfiguring the kernel (but I'd advise keeping it in), and its
related to all TCP connections. From Documentation/Configure.help:
SYN flood protection
CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
Normal TCP/IP networking is open to an attack known as SYN flooding.
This attack prevents legitimate users from being able to connect to
your computer and requires very little work for the attacker.
SYN cookies provide protection against this type of attack. With
this option turned on the TCP/IP stack will use a cryptographic
challenge protocol known as SYN cookies to enable legitimate users
to continue to connect, even when your machine is under attack.
If you are SYN flooded, the source address reported by the kernel is
likely to have been forged by the attacker. The source address is
reported as an aid in tracing the packets to their actual source.
Hope that helps,
Chris...
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Auld <> wrote:
>CAn someone help me to decipher the meaning of the kernel message in
>/var/log/messages on a RedHat Linux 5.1 server, namely
>
>Feb 13 18:35:59 mailgate kernel: Warning: possible SYN flood from
>foreign-host on my-server-ip:53. Sending cookies.
>
>(Foreign-Host (a DNS of my ISP) and my-server-ip (the server upon
>which the messages were generated) are given as dotted quad addresses
>that I have witheld).
>
>The message looks like it could indicate a denial of service attack on
>the name server (BIND), but I can't find any reference to cookies in
>the book DNS and BIND from O'Reiley and so I am lost as to what this
>means. (I do know what SYN flooding is).
>
>
>Can this type of message be generated by an inocent problem
>originating on my ISP's DNS servers or is this likely to indicate an
>attack?
>
>
>Thanks for your advice.
>
>
>John Auld
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From: Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Sharing Access Database on Linux File Server is Slow
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:38:30 +0000
We had a similar problem when we put an Access database on an NT server. We
moved the database to a Unix server (Solaris 2.6) and let the clients access
it via hummingbird nfs. Still unacceptably slow.
Luckily, we have paid for Microsoft Premier Support. We decided to use it.
Microsoft told us that we're not supposed to do that. Access databases are
only supposed to be accessed from the local disk. If you need to share a
database, Microsoft says that you need to setup an SQL server and put the
data there.
The problem is not Linux.
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
ftp.funet.fi pub/Linux
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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