David, A few minutes after I replied about the TFTP security thing, it hit me that you didn't update tftp, only the kernel. So, I'm puzzled too as to why a new kernel would cause TFTP to slow down.
I'm looking forward to hearing what you find out with Ethereal. Thanks, Jim. On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, David Johnston wrote: > David wrote: > >>>> with the latest kernel on the server, it took > >>>> three minutes to download the workstation's kernel > >> Jim wrote: > >>>Thanks ... I haven't tried the update yet, I'll > >>>wait till I hear what you find out. > >David wrote: > >>With the new kernel, you have to list > >>tftp clients in /etc/hosts. > Jim wrote: > >I suspect that is part of a security measure... > > my guess is that tftpd is doing a DNS lookup for > >every single block. If you ran Ethereal on that network > >segment, you'd be able to see what is happening. > That was my guess, too. But why would a kernel update change tftpd? My > tftpd binary hasn't changed. I'll run a few tests with Ethereal and let > everyone know. > > -David > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > -- _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
