Re: 2.99.48 smtpserver won't accept()?

[Andy Poling <andy@realbig.com>]

On Tue, 6 May 1997, Tim DiLauro wrote:
> > > Matti figured it out.  I should have recognized the symptoms.  Prior to the
> > > 2.0.27 Linux kernel, large arguments (larger than 8 bits - 255) caused
> > > select() to hang and never return.  The new smtpserver is using
> > > select(2000) to combat denial of service attacks.
> > 
> > 	Sorry, Andy mixed things.   It is   listen(sock, LIMIT)  where
> > 	the limit value has traditionally been limited to 5, and on those
> > 	systems that have it fixed, no matter how high the parameter is,
> > 	it will be 5. (Or lower, minimum is 1, I think.)
> > 
> > 	With newer systems the LIMIT value can be higher, and I did reason
> > 	that as my Linux 2.0.27 works just fine with 2000 (and is SYN-attack
> > 	resilient), and Solaris 2.5.1 and DEC/UNIX work too, I should be
> > 	"home free" with it.
> 
> I guess Configure needs another test or two (and Andy needs a little more
> sleep :-).

I'll say. 

If I only had a brain...

-Andy

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