Re: Mac TCP/IP Stack glitch.

Jake Luck (jake@10K.ORG)
Mon, 01 Sep 1997 05:33:44 -0400

this problem has been solved with OpenTransport 1.2
-jake

> Hello,
> Recently I found an interesting problem with the macintosh tcp/ip
> stack with system 7.1 and 7.8. It seems that if your send a large
> quantity of tcp syn's at a high rate Mac tcp 7.1 crashes and 7.8 uses ALOT
> of cpu. To recreate this bug just get a copy of strobe and portscan a mac
> until it hits all 65535 ports, they will see the effects. If this is
> already a known problem let me know, or disregard this message, but i
> haven't seen anything on it yet.
>
> Even more stack problems from,
> -VallaH
>