Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 09:32:11 -0600 From: Mike Kercher <mike@synwork.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Is this Ping of Death for real? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com>
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>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" <<houston-irc@wb5fnd.tech.uh.edu> >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) > > > <center>~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD :|:|:|: Powered By FreeBSD :|:|:|: Turning PC's Into Workstations ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~</center>
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