Re: Telnet session limits

It seems likely that someone could perform a denial of service attack by
requesting telnet sessions programmatically which is why I think they have
the limit.  I have mine set at 350 up from 200. 

Regards,

On Behalf Of Pearson, Darran
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:29 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Telnet session limits

  
QAutoVRT was set at 100. Reset to 500 and seems to have fixed it.
 
Setting has worked ok for a long time. Can alot be created all at once by
something?
 
Do virtual devices go away automatically after they are created?
 
Thank you for your excellent assistance.
 
Darran

-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Rick DuVall
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:11 PM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Telnet session limits

Hi Darran,

        I may be wrong, but we had a similar problem which I traced to the
System Value :
System value . . . . . :   QAUTOVRT                     
Description  . . . . . :   Autoconfigure virtual devices

We had too few allowed which prevented anyone from signing on to a virtual
terminal once all were in use.  After upping the number a little the problem
went away.  I think it is a good idea to limit this just need to provide
enough...  Hth

Regards,

Rick DuVall
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