From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 21 22:37:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-security Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA21709 for security-outgoing; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:37:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [128.120.56.38]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA21689 for ; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:37:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by relay.nuxi.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id WAA06158; Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:37:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610220537.WAA06158@relay.nuxi.com> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 22:37:55 -0700 From: obrien@NUXI.cs.ucdavis.edu (David E. O'Brien) To: brandon@glacier.cold.org (Brandon Gillespie) Cc: steve@edmweb.com (Steve Reid), security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [bugtraq] Serious Linux Security Bug References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.48.1-PL0 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 In-Reply-To: ; from Brandon Gillespie on Oct 21, 1996 16:00:20 -0600 Sender: owner-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brandon Gillespie writes: > I just tried this (from w95) against a FreeBSD 2.1.5 box and a 2.1.0 box, > both had no problems. Of course, I'm not sure if the ping ran correctly, > it returned: > > Request timed out. This is the same output you get when you *do* kill a host. The only way to see if this was "effective" is to watch the console of the host. -- -- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)