Hello.
> is that when it gets probed, it COMPLETELY offlines (DOS) the server. One upon a time I solved such an issue with MySQL on FreeBSD by switching to the official binaries from: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads Still, the recommended way to run MySQL on FreeBSD is compiling it from the ports. > Hi, > > > Thanks for the reply. I did see that page before, but > I guess my bigger question is why if the DNS is broken/slow, why > does the entire server come to a COMPLETE halt, no commands can > be done via either TCP *OR* the socket. If it just errored, that > session took forever, whatever... I could understand. The problem > is that when it gets probed, it COMPLETELY offlines (DOS) the server. > And just *1* connection! > > Just also seems difficult to keep proper documentation if > we are using IPs and not complete hostnames. > > > Thanks, Tuc >> >> Tuc at T-B-O-H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > We seem to be running into a problem with our >> > installation that we don't understand. >> > >> > We are running "mysql-server-4.0.25" from >> > the ports collection on a FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p10 >> > machine. Its tcpwrapper'd to only allow from our >> > /24, and a single machine outside the /24. >> > >> > At times, all of a sudden the server seems >> > to "freeze". It appears that we've narrowed it down >> > to an issue with people attacking the server that >> > come from a site that has a bad reverse DNS setup. >> > >> > Has anyone else seen this, or knows how >> > to stop it? >> > >> > Thanks, Tuc >> > >> >> >> -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
