Re: Syns against web

[lists @ lina . inka . de (Bernd Eckenfels)]

Hello,

> Some inetd daemons close a port when SYN packets are coming too
> fast.
Most Unix Implementations will fill the listen() backlog with waiting
connections and make all the ports of the ystem unuseable. This is usually
used to shut off a well known server to replace it with a fake.

Greetings
Bernd