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Re: question for usenet vets....
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 3 Dec 1998 21:20:35 GMT
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So it is someone being nasty. It was annoying, to say the least.
2 days without e-mail. Nearly the whole time without lugnet/rtl.
And to cap it all off, Outlook Express crashed while downloading
messages......lost the whole configuration, and subscription info
for 24+ newsgroups. Though I am sure it was unrelated, it did mean
I had to redo everything, re-download 5000 message headers just so
that I can mark them as read. Even though all of the original
messages were still in the cache, and I could just copy/paste/rename
to match up new with old, there were too many files there to make
it practical! What a week I have been having.......
(My car is falling apart too. Exhaust fell off while driving on the
motorway, then the rearview mirror fell off, now a headlight has
stopped working.....) oh, and a friend is getting married, but not
to me.
Matthew Miller wrote in message ...
> Richard Dee <richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net> wrote:
> > Severe server problems, mail, news, and internet the last few
> > days. One of the excuses was that a "SYN" attack had been
> > suffered. What is that?
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> It's a common denial of service attack, basically involving overwhelming a
> server with forged TCP/IP packets. To gloss over much technical stuff:
> there's a "handshaking" procedure involved in making a TCP/IP connection --
> the client and the server send a few initial packets back and forth. A SYN
> flood sends millions of "half-handshakes", usually forged to look like
> they're coming from different randomized locations. Servers can only deal
> with a few of these at a time, so they get swamped and can't answer
> legitimate connection requests.
>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
>
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) If you separate Two Technic Beams by Two plates you can place a third Techinc Beam at right angles t them with pegs to produce a robust frame, Try using this Technique to hold the wobbly bits on you car. it's great. <ducks> Tim (26 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: question for usenet vets....
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| (...) so these SYN attacks makes your car fall apart and makes your friends get married? How long do these attacks usualy last, because my car has been crappy for a long time, and all my friends are married...... Dave (26 years ago, 7-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) It's a common denial of service attack, basically involving overwhelming a server with forged TCP/IP packets. To gloss over much technical stuff: there's a "handshaking" procedure involved in making a TCP/IP connection -- the client and the (...) (26 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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