Re: TCP Broken

Matthew Kirkwood (weejock@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Tue, 4 Mar 1997 23:41:08 +0000 (GMT)


On 4 Mar 1997, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> > Linux version 2.1.28 has the IP Interface broken. Outgoing telnet, rlogin,
> > and rsh work. Incomming do not. Leading characters missing per line on
> > telnet with no echo. Outgoing strings has the first two bytes missing on
> > every buffered line, etc.
>
> cesium 25 % telnet penguin
> Trying 10.1.2.202...
> Connected to penguin.transmeta.com.
> Escape character is '^]'.
>
> Red Hat Linux release 4.0 (Colgate)
> Kernel 2.1.28 on an i686
> ogin:
> assword:
> ogin incorrect
>
> ogin:
> assword:

Ditto:

pc23:~$ telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.

Red Hat Linux release 4.1 (Vanderbilt)
Kernel 2.1.28 in an i586
ogin: (Nothing appears -- Odd)
assword: (Ditto -- though not surprising, really)
ast login: Tue Mar 4 23:34:33 on tty2
c29:~$
c29:~$
c29:~$
c29:~$

Machine is:

pc29.lmh.ox.ac.uk
P120, 64Mb, 3.small Gb IDE HD, etc...
RadHat 4.1, 2.1.28 (no pentium memcpy patch (forgot to apply it :-),
no ISS patch (couldn't be bothered recompiling :-) )

Matthew.

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