<<The Internet service provider Panix in NYC was the recent victim of a
TCP/IP SYN denial-of-service attack against their Unix systems.  This
type of attack involves flooding a target victim with 'bogus' (technical
details withheld by me) TCP SYN packets sent to important service ports
like http, dns, smtp, etc.  The system under attack then cannot accept
legitimate TCP connections to the affected ports.
 
Does anybody know if MPE is vulnerable to this kind of attack?>>
 
Sure; it's conceptually equivalent to having a "demon dialer" somewhere
that dials your phone number every five seconds-it makes it very
difficult for your daughter at college to get through to ask for more
money. Anyone with an accessible line (known phone number/IP address/MAC
address) is vulnerable.
 
Steve Dirickson         WestWin Consulting
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