From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 7 08:16:54 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA29737 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 08:16:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from night.primate.wisc.edu (night.primate.wisc.edu [144.92.43.19]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA29732 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 08:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dubois@localhost) by night.primate.wisc.edu (8.8.4/8.8.2) id KAA24736; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:18:46 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 10:18:46 -0600 From: dubois@primate.wisc.edu (Paul DuBois) To: mike@synwork.com (Mike Kercher) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is this Ping of Death for real? References: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.53 Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com>; from Mike Kercher on Dec 7, 1996 09:32:11 -0600 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The Ping o' Death is real, although not all systems are affected by it. HP-UX 9 is susceptible, for instance. FreeBSD may not be. Perhaps someone more knowledgable will comment. The Ping o' Death is different than the SYN attack. -- Paul DuBois dubois@primate.wisc.edu Home page: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/people/dubois Software: http://www.primate.wisc.edu/software