Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 00:57:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Negative IP Packets - Risky? (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810060054010.651-100000@shell6.ba.best.com>
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Am I the only one here who upon reading this goes "Huh?" OTOH, firewall-wizards is moderated by Marcus Ranum who does not let just "any" mail through. In that case: what are negative IP packets?! -- Yan I don't have the password .... + Jan Koum But the path is chainlinked .. | Spelled Jan, pronounced Yan. There. So if you've got the time .... | Web: http://www.best.com/~jkb Set the tone to sync ......... + OS: http://www.FreeBSD.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 20:11:17 +0100 From: James Rowley <james.rowley@edin.uk.sykes.com> To: "'firewall-wizards@nfr.com'" <firewall-wizards@nfr.net> Subject: Negative IP Packets - Risky? By sending negative IP packets to a network, you can crash the server. Is anyone else aware of this & possible precautions that one can take? sincerely, James Rowley - Eudemonic Solutions, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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