On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:53:53 -0700 "Daniel Melameth" <dan...@melameth.com> wrote:
> In playing with Windows 7 Beta and its built-in Client for NFS, I've > noticed, for some reason, it using hundreds of TCP connections to the sunrpc > and nfsd ports on my 4.4-stable box-and this usually happens shortly after > making an NFS connection to the machine. Granted, I know this is > Windows-and it is beta-but I found it interesting how a single Windows > client is readily able to DoS the portmapper. > > > > Any thoughts on identifying/addressing/working around the issue are > appreciated. > > Sounds like S.O.P. for MS. Dhu