script kiddies in the typing exam? 20 kids in the same room typing ping -f LOL
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:21:33 +1300 "C. Falconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NCEA 1 Typing exam started today at 10:30.... > So naturally Murphy spake.... and the network went to custard at about > 9:00. > > The symptoms were: > Slow performance, login etc > "ping -f somemachine" reported ~2000 packets in 5 sec or sometimes > only a couple hundred > Telnet and ssh were fine for about 10 seconds, then they'd pause for > 10 seconds > VNC wouldn't connect reliably > tcpdump reported heaps of arp requests - hundreds in a few seconds. > > > Guess what happened to cause all this.... -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
