[TAG] Meaning of overruns & frame in ifconfig output

[Martin J Hooper]

On 07/04/2006 Ramon van Alteren wrote:
> This is a well-configured Intel 100Mbit NIC with busmastering enabled 
>  
> which is apparently flooded with http-traffic to the point that it  
> can not generate interrupts fast enough to get the frames out of it's 
>  
> buffer. That's the first time I've ever seen that.

DOS attack was the first thing that came to mind...