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

From: Mark Heath <mheath_at_netspace.net.au>
Date: 1997/07/02
Message-ID: <5pccrh$56r$5@otis.netspace.net.au>#1/1

Atif Ahmad Khan (aak2_at_Ra.MsState.Edu) wrote:
: root_at_taylor.neca.com (root) writes:

: >As requested the results of fdisk -l

: And this crashes your Linux system? I have tried it several times
: on mine and it works just fine, as expected. Sounds like you may have
: a badly configured system.

: Also the Solaris ping crash does not require you to be root. A root
: user can always crash their system with 'rm -r /' on almost any Unix.

I think he meant crash... Not DESTROY!

as root try

cat /dev/zero > /dev/kmem
Looks good too!

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-- mark heath - Netspace Online Systems.  http://www.netspace.net.au/


:wq

Received on Wed Jul 02 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT