Resident Pulser@infosec.pubB to Pulse of Truth@infosec.pubEnglish · 2 months agoWe Found a Ticking Time Bomb in macOS TCP Networking — It Detonates After Exactly 49 Daysphoton.codesexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldapple@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up126arrow-down1external-linkWe Found a Ticking Time Bomb in macOS TCP Networking — It Detonates After Exactly 49 Daysphoton.codesResident Pulser@infosec.pubB to Pulse of Truth@infosec.pubEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldapple@lemmy.ziphackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months ago The only recovery was a reboot — which just restarted the 49.7-day countdown. Saying ‘time bomb’ made me think this was unfixable after the expiration happened. Pings still worked. Existing connections stayed alive. But anything that needed a new TCP socket simply failed. Sounds like system admin hell for servers running on a string.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoJust keep a SSH connection open.
Saying ‘time bomb’ made me think this was unfixable after the expiration happened.
Sounds like system admin hell for servers running on a string.
Just keep a SSH connection open.