Got this from a symantic security alert...

BlackICE agent version 3.1ebh has been found to contain a remotely exploitable denial of service in certain configurations, which lets a remote attacker consume large amounts of memory (200 to 400 MB) on the system by simply opening many connections to the BlackICE system.

This vulnerability has been confirmed by the vendor, who recommends users lower the maximum number of open connections by changing the 'tcp.maxconnections' parameter in the blackice.ini file.

Source: VulnWatch http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...2-q2/0114.html