From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 7 07:36:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA28704 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 07:36:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from synwork.com (root@synwork.com [199.3.234.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id HAA28699 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 07:36:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mike (dial1.max4000.phoenix.net [207.43.3.229]) by synwork.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA10014 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:36:22 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com> X-Sender: mike@synwork.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 09:32:11 -0600 To: questions@freebsd.org From: Mike Kercher Subject: Is this Ping of Death for real? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >X-Authentication-Warning: wb5fnd.tech.uh.edu: majordom set sender to owner-houston-irc using -f >Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 12:59:16 -0600 (CST) >X-AUTH: NOLNET SENDMAIL AUTH >X-Sender: skeeter@nol.net >To: houston-irc@wb5fnd.tech.uh.edu >From: skeeter@nol.net (Paul ) >Sender: owner-houston-irc@wb5fnd.tech.uh.edu >Reply-To: "Houston IRC List" < >X-Status: > >Check this out!!!! Sounds like bull***t to me!!! > >"PING OF DEATH" SECURITY FLAW >Software programmers are scrambling to fix a recently documented security >flaw found in the "ping" Internet function, which is used to check whether a >piece of hardware is properly hooked up to a network. The problem arises >when a cracker sends a booby-trapped ping command, nicknamed the "ping of >death," to a targeted computer. The computer responds by rebooting, >crashing or shutting down. Computer security expert Eugene Spafford says >he's seen two such attacks on his campus, neither of which was malicious: >"You just track down where this came from and have a long talk with them, >with or without a blunt instrument." For more information on the "ping of >death," check out << http://www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping/ >. (Chronicle of >Higher Education 22 Nov 96 A23) > > >
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