5.x DOS against NFS server

[Guy Van Sanden]

I just ran nmap <host>...
Nessus has the same effect.

Maybe this is fixed between 5.1 and 5.2.

On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 16:30, Michael L. Squires wrote:
> > I found that the NFS server in the 5.x series (currently 5.1) crashes
> > during portscans (because of the aborted connection to it).
> > Running nmap or Nessus against the machines requires a manual restart of
> > nfsd.
> 
> I just portscanned my 5.2-BETA box running NFS server, no problems.
> 
> What parameters did you use?
> 
> Mike Squires
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