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Re: local telnetd DoS

From: chterry () WEB TURNER COM (Chris Terry)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:47:12 +0000


Zo0mer wrote:


Hi,i found local DoS that Crash telnetd (tested on Slackware 4.0, RH 5.2)
type
telnet localhost | telnet localhost | telnet localhost ...... about 50 times
result will be 'Connection Refused' , telnetd crash.

Zo0mer // kpz2000


Gee... running telnetd through inetd? If so inetd refuses x
connects/minute depending on how/if you have it configured.


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