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Subject: Re: Ping with a 65510 bytes pack
Author: Shinanyaku <shin@binary9.net> at Internet
Date: 18/10/96 18:52
Bruno Kraychete da Costa was heard saying ....
>
> When a friend of mine, using a Win95 workstation, issued the ping
> command using a pack of 65510 bytes and addressed to my Linux 2.0.22, it
> simply rebooted. On the second time he issued that command, all the
> process stopped because of a general protection 000, including the agetty
> processes.
Everybody try this and lock up your linux system? I did. It works as
reported except it didn't reboot my box, just lock it up solid-like.
Shin!
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