Path: news.mitre.org!blanket.mitre.org!philabs!newsjunkie.ans.net!newsfeeds.ans.net!news-was.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!Cabal.CESspool!bofh.vszbr.cz!nntprelay.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!204.71.1.53!pull-feed.internetmci.com!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry Andrianov" Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.security References: <34664DCE.8145707C@novusdesign.com> Subject: Re: TCP\IP error Lines: 17 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Message-ID: <3466c701.0@news.co.orange.ca.us> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 22:48:59 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.194.127.1 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 17:48:59 EST As far as i know, when your server crashes this cannot be called "denial of service" attack. Anyway, there is alot of methods to crash NT server. Check out http://www.emf.net/~ddonahue/NThacks/ntexploits.htm -- Dmitry Andrianov DmiG-D wrote in message <34664DCE.8145707C@novusdesign.com>... >I have recently been informed of a 'Denial of Service Attack' which may >be performed against a server running under service pack 1. From what I >know, someone may have done so to me... seeing as how my server crashed >leaving a message of a tcp/ip error. Do any of you know how this may be >avoided? >