>From: gtimuss@sirius.UVic.CA (Gary  Timuss)
>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 12:21:51 -0800 (PST)

>(That darned sup reboots my ISP's Livingston PortMaster terminal server 
>after a non-deterministic period of time -- musta caused the inconsistency.)

Tell them to upgrade the silly box--it's probably choking on the
rfc1323 timestamp options in your TCP packets.  Or, use sysctl(8) to
turn off rfc1323 on your system.

I use 'sup -o' occasionally to prevent this sort of thing.
-- 
Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>           http://www.shore.net/~mikel
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