[Xitami] :: denial of service ::

[Magnus Wedberg]

> thanks, thomas, for your prompt response. as i said, i am way too busy
> to even get the xitami upgrade going, much less install a new
> protonova server. ~m

I'm afraid "resetting the hits" has nothing to do with it.

It's hard to say if the BSOD you are seeing is a result of Xitami or 
the Windows TCP/IP stack hanging. I suspect the latter -- Xitami 
never crashes for me and I have way more hits than that. The sad 
truth is that 9x-based systems aren't made for this kind of work. 
It's not even worth the time to investigate where the problem lies. 
My advice would be to pick up a cheap copy of NT4 Workstation or 
Windows 2000 Professional and upgrade your operating system. They 
aren't impervious to DOS attacks at the TCP level, especially not 
NT4, but they can be configured to behave more rudely to DOSers, and 
you can set watchdogs restarting the Xitami service even if it 
crashes. Plus Xitami crashing won't bring the system down. 
 
-- 
Magnus Wedberg
http://www.magnuswedberg.com/
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