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

[wilcox () math psu edu (Ken Wilcox)]

Casper Dik <casper () Holland Sun COM> writes:
> >        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

Sun Solve Patch for Solaris 1.1.1 (SunOS 4.1.3_U1) is :

Patch-ID# 101618-01
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.3_U1: inetd "broken server detection" breaks on fast
machines
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111
Changes incorporated in this version:

Version for Solaris 1.1 (SunOS 4.1.1 - 4.1.3) is :

Patch-ID# 100178-09
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.1;4.1.2;4.1.3: inetd "broken server detection" breaks on
fast machines
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111
Changes incorporated in this version:

Version for Solaris 1.2 (SunOS 4.1.4) is:

Patch-ID# 102416-01
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.4: inetd patch
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1030599 1112111
Changes incorporated in this version:

Just thought that I would help clarify it.

-Ken Wilcox