From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 23:35:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16671 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:35:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from web1.rocketmail.com (web1.rocketmail.com [205.180.57.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA16666 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:35:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vega1@rocketmail.com) Message-ID: <19980725062326.11643.rocketmail@web1.rocketmail.com> Received: from [204.186.62.16] by web1; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:23:26 PDT Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:23:26 -0700 (PDT) From: vega vega Subject: Re: IRC To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ---"Jan B. Koum " wrote: > > > This does not depend on irc.. this depends on the irc client > you are running. Which is why it is not recommended to irc as root. > We are not vulnerable to winnuke, etc. What in the world is > ssping? (You have to be more verbose -- most people here don't use MS). > > -- Yan ssping is some old exploit that freezes up an unpatched windows user. it is also known as the POD (ping of death) > > On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Tommy wrote: > > >does the BSD OS have any protection again windows denial of service and > >similar internet attacks like ssping etc? ive had others user some of the more "popular" exploits on me (e.g. teardrop, syndrop, land etc) with FreeBSD 2.2.7 RELEASE and came out smiling (i.e. didn't hurt me a bit) hope that helps _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message