Multiple Platform remote CPU load issue in Samba 1.x and 2.x

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

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>         By connecting to port 139 on the machine and sending it binary
> zeros
> (i.e. netcat target.machine 25 < /dev/zero), the machine will remain in a
> resource consuming loop, and drive the CPU load to somewhere between
> 90-100%
	[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]  

	With 2.0.6 on RH 6.2 I get:

	[root at prodlinux lib]# ./netcat localhost 25 < /dev/zero 
	Can't connect (Connection refused)

	Michael B. Allen
	http://jcifs.samba.org