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Bugtraq archives for 3rd quarter (Jul-Aug) 1995: Re: Jul 9 08:06:03 all inetd[122]: httpd/tcp server failing

Re: Jul 9 08:06:03 all inetd[122]: httpd/tcp server failing

Casper Dik (casperHolland.Sun.COM)
Mon, 10 Jul 1995 09:52:09 +0200 

>        I was trying a loop test to stress performance on our secure W3
>server and found that inetd under SunOS detects what it thinks to be
>loops and shuts down all httpd services untill a kill -HUP is sent to
>the inetd process.  How is this bug/feature controlled, and doesn't this
>lead very directly to denial of services attacks?


There is a patch for SunOS 4.1.x that add an option to control this behaviour.

Casper