Re: udp packet storms

[chowes () helix net (Charles Howes)]

On Sat, 29 Oct 1994, Pat Myrto wrote:

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> That's interesting - it amounts to a feedback loop (in electrical
> or audio terminology).  Is there a way to interrupt this sort of
> thing (short of killing inetd or the involved daemon) or rebooting (a
> drastic method of doing the same thing)?
>
> How would one prevent this without disabling the udp services?

Hmm; I wonder if it's possible to tell tcpd to rate-limit a particular
service?

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