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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 1999 10:39:26 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bin/14145: PPP userland/client (3.3-REL) throws core 
Message-ID:  <199910060939.KAA00899@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 05 Oct 1999 22:00:01 PDT." <199910060500.WAA20943@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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[.....]
>  Seriously, I believe there's a bug in the way VJ packets are handled 
>  where ppp ends up scribbling over the return address on the stack.  
>  Once the deed has happened, there's very little information left....
[.....]

Can anyone confirm if these core dumps occur exclusively when one or 
more TCP sessions remain active after losing and reestablishing the 
physical link ?

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Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !          <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>




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