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

[David Collier-Brown]

"Christopher R. Hertel" wrote:
> As I mentioned,
> nmbd uses UDP so there is no connection to close.  Since nmbd suffers from
> this just as smbd does, you have a choice.  You can either respond to
> every bogus packet (assuming that the source address is legit) or you can
> quietly dump them on the floor.

	I'd distinguish this from the script-kiddie approach
	and treat it as a "drop on floor" case, just as you
	suggest.

--dave
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