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Re: udp packet storms - ping death
From: chowes () helix net (Charles Howes)
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 07:45:58 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 2 Nov 1994, David A. Wagner wrote:


Hrmm.  We have a special version of ping installed here, but
the command

      ping -eraw 255.255.255.255

will consistently and reliably panic any Sun here.


<snip>


Our copy of ping is installed setuid root; ...


So you mean that any student at princeton can panic any Sun there just by
typing that command?  Cool...

--
Charles Howes -- chowes () helix net
 Always tell the truth, then you make it the other bloke's problem! 
 - Sean Connery, 1971

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