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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:46:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Dave Babler <dbabler@Rigel.orionsys.com>
To: Paul DuBois <dubois@primate.wisc.edu>
cc: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Is this Ping of Death for real?
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On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Paul DuBois wrote:

> 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.
> 

According to the information at the indicated web site, FreeBSD 2.0 and
above is listed as a "Safe operating system" from this fault.

-ave