Sat 05 November 2011 | tags: backwards ip, belkin, reverse ip, rtkit, -- (permalink)

While attempting to remotely debug a linux machine today, I was first encountering a strange problem. Any process that took more than about 1/2 second to complete, would freeze. top, ps, lsmod, tail -f, the list goes on. For example, trying to run dmesg and display it's output would …