Krzysztof Kowalik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We are running an (IRC) server that under high-rate traffic (ie. DDoS
attack) stops to respond to the network. The network remains locked up
even after the original attack stops. [...]
And it turns out to be an usual PEBKAC. The system was running
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 04:52:29PM +0100, Krzysztof Kowalik wrote:
Hello.
We are running an (IRC) server that under high-rate traffic (ie. DDoS
attack) stops to respond to the network. The network remains locked up
even after the original attack stops. However running tcpdump (which
Hello.
We are running an (IRC) server that under high-rate traffic (ie. DDoS
attack) stops to respond to the network. The network remains locked up
even after the original attack stops. However running tcpdump (which
switches the interface into promisc mode) unlocks networking and things
work