Re: fxp(4) and lockups on RELENG_6_x

2007-01-13 Thread Krzysztof Kowalik
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

Re: fxp(4) and lockups on RELENG_6_x

2007-01-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
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

fxp(4) and lockups on RELENG_6_x

2007-01-07 Thread Krzysztof Kowalik
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