Re: kernel bug -> security problem

pderosa@mbox.vol.it
Mon, 21 Oct 1996 18:09:10 +0100 (MET)


On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Jacek Radajewski wrote:

Hi !

> I've just received e-mail about a bug in the kernel which causes linux
> to reboot when the following ping is issued from windowz 95 : "ping -l
> 65510 linux.box.IP.address" .. I tried it and sure enough linux dies
> quickly and without any warning ...
WinBug sucks, more and ever, now and forever... The've found a dirty way to
eliminate such a dangerous enemy, I mean Linux... BTW this is the first time I
hear of this thing.

Ciao. Pierluigi (mithrandir@Lothlorien.org).
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