Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 14:02:58 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Simon Karpen <slk@acm.rpi.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Raymond Wiker <raymond@orion.no>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.1 remote reboot exploit (fwd) Message-ID: <199905052102.OAA02308@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 05 May 1999 16:37:15 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9905051633200.28381-100000@delenn.acm.rpi.edu>
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> [me: VM86 + VESA = reboot] > > On Wed, 5 May 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Naturally, it'd be really handy if you actually qualified what it is > > about these that cause your system to reboot. I'd be very dubious > > about the simple presence of either of these items causing random > > reboots, and the dearth of supporting information you've offered makes > > it much harder to help you. > > Right now I'm preparing to ship the box, so I can't do any more > detailed testing. > > Once it's in its new location next week (think end of semester), > I'll do much more extensive testing. > > The only other piece of info I can give right now is that Realplayer/Linux > plaing a high bitrate file was a good way to speed up the crash. > > Try VESA+VM86 in your kernel, boot up with a 640x480 splashscreen, > and play stuff using Realplayer/Linux for half an hour or so. > (maybe an hour or two) I'd be quite surprised if you didn't get a reboot. I'd be much more interested in any sort of logical thread you can string between these datapoints. I boot with an 800x600 splash on my laptop, which I then pound to death in various other ways, but (modulo timecounter braindeath) it's 100% stable. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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