On 6/30/05, Dave Beckstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason, > > Uh...your inexperience is showing. :) The title of the post is "DOS
My inexperience is showing? Bad assumption on your part. > attacks?" My question was, "Has anyone heard anything about any worms or > DOS attacks happening which might account for this?" There is NO WAY that anyone could tell whether or not this is a DOS attack WITHOUT LOGS. And you say MY inexperience is showing? Saying, hey my system doesn't work!! really doesn't tell us whether you are receiving a DOS attack or not. And whether or not someone heard of a DOS attack doesn't matter. Read the security forums if you are really interested in knowing this, as someone always posts it there. Even if we did hear of one, that doesn't mean this is what's happening to your system. Assuming it's a DOS attack based on someone hearing that there is a possible DOS is really really bad to do. > > Of course I expect useful information such as confirmation that someone else > is experiencing attacks that result in similar symptoms on the server or > perhaps there was a security bulletin released for OBSD that I have missed. > > There was a bulletin just released for FreeBSD's TCP stack which talked > about an exposure to DOS attacks that could cause TCP to stop working. If TCP stopped working, then you'd be able to ICMP PING now wouldn't you, since ICMP has nothing to do with TCP. Again, are you sure you didn't mean your inexperience is showing? Maybe you meant the IP stack, but that's very very different. Treating the two as the same is stupid. > > Seems reasonable to inquire about OBSD when I'm having a problem that sounds > like it might possibly be related, doesn't it? Don't expect any type of good response when your question consists of, hey, my system stops working, could it be for this reason? Sure it could be a DOS attack. Hell, it could be thousands of reasons. No one will give you an intelligent answer without proper information. Since you don't seem interested in getting my help what-so-ever, good luck, I'm sure your lack of information will get you an answer real quick. Actually, here I'll answer you: Yes it could be a DOS attack. Glad I could be of help. Jason
