From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030501AbVJGQlE (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:41:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030502AbVJGQlE (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:41:04 -0400 Received: from cid.upcomillas.es ([130.206.70.227]:56267 "EHLO mail1.upco.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030501AbVJGQlD (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:41:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 18:41:20 +0200 From: Romano Giannetti To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Instability in kernel version 2.6.12.5 Message-ID: <20051007164120.GA30623@pern.dea.icai.upcomillas.es> Mail-Followup-To: Romano Giannetti , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43455F33.7020102@drexel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43455F33.7020102@drexel.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 01:30:27PM -0400, Justin R. Smith wrote: > > Examining the system logs disclosed that someone attempted to hack my > system at 2331 (the time the clock was frozen at) by trying to initiate > about 200 ssh connections with randomly generated user ids over a very > short time (a few seconds). > Probably not the casue. It happens quite often here (followed by me doing a iptable blocking on the IP and sending a reclamation to the preovider, with no answer unfortunately) and I never saw problems like the one you describe. Version is Linux 2.6.11-12mdkcustom, but it happened with vanilla kernel(s) too, same behavior here. HTH, Romano -- Romano Giannetti - Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain) Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416 fax +34 915 596 569