Re: Kudo's and Question
On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Jason Costomiris wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Currently I'm running kernel 2.0.6, and haven't noticed any major > > problems with it. I normally stick to the "If it 'ain't broke, don't fix > > it" rule, but I'm wondering if there are any reasons to go to say a 2.0.30 > > kernel. Occasionally some TCP connections hang (mostly cfingerd) but reset > > in a day or two, other than that I have no complaint. So, anybody else > > out there has some advice/warnings? > > If you have 2.0.6, you are vulnerable to the ping of death, unless you've > applied patches to fix it. I've patched against that but thank you anyway. > 2.0.30 also has SYN cookie features that are worth looking at. This sounds interesting, I've gotten advice from several people to wait for 2.0.31 due to some problems with .30 under heavy load. I think I'll wait till those are fixed. Thanks to everybody who replied to me! mike... Micro$oft, what do you want to spend today? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Kudo's and Question
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Currently I'm running kernel 2.0.6, and haven't noticed any major > problems with it. I normally stick to the "If it 'ain't broke, don't fix > it" rule, but I'm wondering if there are any reasons to go to say a 2.0.30 > kernel. Occasionally some TCP connections hang (mostly cfingerd) but reset > in a day or two, other than that I have no complaint. So, anybody else > out there has some advice/warnings? If you have 2.0.6, you are vulnerable to the ping of death, unless you've applied patches to fix it. 2.0.30 also has SYN cookie features that are worth looking at. Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Kudo's and Question
> Currently I'm running kernel 2.0.6, and haven't noticed any major > problems with it. I normally stick to the "If it 'ain't broke, don't fix > it" rule, but I'm wondering if there are any reasons to go to say a 2.0.30 > kernel. Occasionally some TCP connections hang (mostly cfingerd) but reset > in a day or two, other than that I have no complaint. So, anybody else > out there has some advice/warnings? >From what I have been reading on the kernel mailing list, you are PROBABLY better off with 2.0.27 or .29 There were some things from 2.1.x that were hastilly introduced into 2.0.30 and can cause some instability (paging problems, etc). There is to be a major push over the next couple of weeks to get 2.0.31 out and fix these problems. There are several patches already to 2.0.30 (pre-2.0.31-2+ you might call it). 2.0.27 proved very stable for me. I am running .30 and have had the odd problem here and there under heavy load. George Bonser Why is it that the same people that tell us that manned space flight is a waste of money also tell us that we have been visited by aliens? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
