Re: Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 fingerd bug

[casper () HOLLAND SUN COM (Casper Dik)]

> Fiji (jfay) wrote:
> > try finger @host@host@host....145 times.... This should run the # of
> > processes in excess of 1500 and shoot the system load up to at least 13.5.
> >
> > You can also do a finger @hosta@hostb where hostb is a machine running
> > 2.5.1 or 2.6. Now this has not been confirmed on Solaris (x86). The bug id
> > is 4161606 but yet there is no patch available as of today.
>
> Yep, same thing happens for x86 running 2.6.


It's not new nor reintroduced.  It's been in fingerd forever.

Casper