linux-kernel - Re: Strange network related data corruption

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20071013095536.32c2afd6@highlander.home.lan>
Date:	Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:55:36 +0200
From:	Malte Schröder <maltesch@....de>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange network related data corruption

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:57:20 +0100
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday 09 October 2007 12:25, Malte Schröder wrote:
> > > Does it happen over loopback?
> > 
> > I just tried a few times and yes, it also happens on loopback, but
> > much less frequently. Now I am really confused ...
> 
> Actually, that eliminates a lot of cases.
> 
> Run memtest86 overnight ("bad hardware" theory),

Well, that did not show problems. But I put apart the PC, removed dust
and so on.
Now it doesn't even boot anymore (i.e. no BIOS, not even pcspeaker when
I boot without RAM. So I declare the mainboard as dead.

> try older kernel versions ("kernel bug" theory).

Done. But it is the hardware.


Thanks for the advise :)

> --
> vda
> 


-- 
---------------------------------------
Malte Schröder
MalteSch@....de
ICQ# 68121508
---------------------------------------


Download attachment "signature.asc" of type "application/pgp-signature" (190 bytes)