For the second time, I just experienced a catastrophic failure of ASL 5.2.
Symptoms:
No services were acknowledged over the network.
WebAdmin (among them) failed
Processor was begged with the principle users being:
mdw_daemon.pl
confd
interface.pl
getconfdobj.pl
system load was: 2.58 2.36 1.76
I have an ASL 5.2 with 4 interfaces
Services in use:
Web Proxy w/ content filter (w/ virus scanning)
Virus Scanning
Spam Protection
DNS proxy
Unproductive actions taken:
reboot ASL x2
login as root and search logs for problems (nothing found)
restart key services from command line
power off - unplug 10 s then restart
Successful actions taken:
Reinstall ASL 5.2
Restore configuration from backup
note: all data from failure lost
Note: i had been receiving from SecurityFocus hundreds of emails with executables attached which was making the IDS scream like a banshee. I unsubscribed from all mailing lists but was still getting these alerts on port 25. This may be a symptom, a cause, or completely unrelated to this issue.
Can anyone assist me in isolating this problem? Has anyone else seen anything like this?
Merci bien!
~Doug
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