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Re: Here is a way to crash Solaris using ping!

From: The Nemasys <REMOVE_ME_admin_at_nemasystech.com>
Date: 1997/06/29
Message-ID: <33B6904F.65B6@nemasystech.com>#1/1

Atif Ahmad Khan wrote:
> I heard a rumor that the following ping crashes some SPARCs running
> 2.5.1.
> ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1
> I haven't had the chance to try it myself yet. My machine is busy right
> now and I dont want to risk crashing it at this time.

Sure does! And quickly too. I tried it onn several systems (2.4-2.5.1, patched and unpatched), same results.

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The Nemasys
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Received on Sun Jun 29 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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