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

Next time I will just take your word for it :)

On 30 Jun 1997 03:02:09 GMT, aak2_at_Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) wrote:

>The Nemasys <REMOVE_ME_admin_at_nemasystech.com> writes:
>
>>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.
>
>
>Thanks for confirming this. Now I dont have to try it out on
>my Solaris machine. I tried different variations of this on
>my Linux machine and it didn't even make it hiccup much less reboot.
>
>Now that we all know a quick easy way to crash Solaris, does anyone
>know of a similar way to crash most Linux boxes?
>
>Atif 'evil' Khan
>aak2_at_ra.msstate.edu
Received on Mon Jun 30 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT