On 16 Jan 2003, Andrew Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Win2k has a bug (feature?) where there is a connection reset if there is > a second connection from the SAME IP, before the first > session-setup.
So an unprivileged process on the client can cause a local denial of service just by repeatedly half-opening connections? > Both races need to be protected be separate mutexes. The first should > be protected in as generic a manner as possible, due to the fact that it > is *any* connection from the IP. Can the connection function be called by a nonprivileged process (say rpcclient or smbclient) on the unix machine? Is so we either need to put the mutex somewhere world-writeable (gross) or just be willing to take our chances without it. -- Martin
