Re: 2.1.99 sends ULTRIX death packets

fletch1@eecs.mit.edu
Fri, 1 May 1998 11:48:51 -0400

David S. Miller (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com) wrote:
>
> We do want to be that evil if the bug is what I think it is, that
> Ultrix crashes when it encounters unknown TCP options, such as the
> rfc1323 and SACK stuff we implement these days.
>

Possible, since the particular machine in question is running Ultrix
4.2a and will get turned off before it ever gets upgraded.

> Is Ultrix even maintained these days? Just curious...

No. Ultrix 4.5 was the last version released around 3 years ago.

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