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Re: Out of control tcplogd



On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:21:04AM +0100, Onno wrote:
> Wasn't tcplogd itself a security risk?
> 
> I think it was on the debian-security mailing list...
> 

yes, the problem is actually Denial of Service, all you had to do was
portscan a target a couple times at once causing iplogger to go out of
control consuming all system resources... exactly what the original
poster is experiencing.

-- 
Ethan Benson


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