WhiteHat Software and Consulting Inc.

When network segments on the Phalanx become unreachable, there is an automatic procedure to reconnect them or an alternate connection to replace them.  During this process some connection types were leaving stale processes on the system.  This was not causing problems, but theoretically if a connection bounces enough times it could fill the process table with junk.  This would take many days of untreated problems, and would result in the watchdog restarting the Phalanx.