Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:39:05 +0100 From: mouss <usebsd@free.fr> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easy way to crash freebsd Message-ID: <4.3.0.20010305183820.05eb3920@pop.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010302152553.H8663@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0103021521000.27749-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com> <Pine.BSO.4.21.0103021514400.27749-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com> <Pine.BSO.4.21.0103021521000.27749-100000@gandalf.bravenet.com>
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At 15:25 02/03/01 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Dan Phoenix wrote:
> >
> > > symbolic link /etc/resolv.conf
> > > to a non-existant file....throw a bunch of connections at it
> > > and watch it reboot.
>
>* Dan Phoenix <dphoenix@bravenet.com> [010302 15:24] wrote:
> >
> > People asking me how this could be used as a local user.
> > Well i guess if you wanted to you could find something root runs
> > that writes to /tmp then umask resolv.conf
> > and echo "" > resolv.conf
> >
> > I am in no way supporting that...just answering a question.
>
>Try overwriting /dev/mem, it's much more interesting.
There are a lot of other ways:
- reboot
- halt
...
and the simplest of all: turn off the ON/OFF button.
cheers,
mouss
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