From: Date: September 2 2005 11:34pm
Subject: Re: Connections with bad DNS cause lockups
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> 
> Hello.
> 
> 
> > is that when it gets probed, it COMPLETELY offlines (DOS) the server.
> 
> One upon a time I solved such an issue with MySQL on FreeBSD by switching
> to the official binaries from:
>   http://dev.mysql.com/downloads
> 
> Still, the recommended way to run MySQL on FreeBSD is compiling it from the ports. 
> 
> 
	So if thats the way (FreeBSD ports), then besides the already suggested
changing to pure IP, is there any other ways to stop the DOS?

		Thanks, Tuc