Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 19:39:36 +1100 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Joey Garcia <gummibear@mediaone.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Working in the IT Field - Trials and Tribulations Message-ID: <19990320193936.A448@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <36F34421.3D08E80B@mediaone.net> References: <36F34421.3D08E80B@mediaone.net>
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On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 at 22:45:53 -0800, Joey Garcia wrote: [snip..] > Although, I was interested in finding some nuking software to nuke > the Accounting NT server to prove that MS sucks. Either that, or > some cracking software to prove to them that NT sucks even more. > hehehe J/K (I guess some might frown upon that type of behavior on > this list, but it would prove a point wouldn't it? -- I'm pretty > sure that a teardrop attack would bring every PC there down to it's > knees. -- Could I send a teardrop attack to a broadcast IP and > cripple everyone? -- Would be interesting to try *grin*.) > I tried this out of curiousity on our office LAN about a year and half ago. None of the winblows boxes had any patches to protect against teardrop, so in an effort to show the owner what could happen (I had his permission to do this of course), I teardropped our broadcast address. I wasn't sure if it would work or not, but a few seconds later cries of agony could heard throughout the office as everyone's system locked up (they should've listened when we told them to save what they were working on). On another note, I'd highly recommend against doing this unless your co-workers and boss know that you're going to do it (and give you permission to do it), otherwise you could end up pissing some people off that you normally don't want pissed off at you =) If they get pissed off enough, you could find yourself looking for a new job in a hurry. Later, -- Jim Mock System Administrator jim@corp.au.triax.com ,-._|\ FreeBSD work: Triax Internet Services http://www.triax.com/ / \ The personal: http://www.triax.com/~jim/ \_,--._/ Power To The FreeBSD 'zine http://www.freebsdzine.org/ v Serve! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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