Subject: Re: services looping
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <tooleym@douglas.bc.ca>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 03/30/1998 14:54:00
> > Mar 29 15:49:20 3jane inetd[23581]: tftp/udp server failing (looping), service
> > terminated
> 
> I got this when I was netbooting my sparc. Immediately after booting,
> No, I don't know why :-)

This is a symptom of an inetd which has not been compiled with enough
"connections per second" into the source #define's. It means that this
limit has been reached and inetd thinks you are being flooded. It's kind
of a brain dead flood protection method. :)

tooleym@douglas.bc.ca