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? Message-ID: <Mutt.19961207101846.dubois@night.primate.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com>; from Mike Kercher on Dec 7, 1996 09:32:11 -0600 References: <3.0.32.19961207093205.0069d294@synwork.com>
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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
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