Re: 2.3.18/19 & "land" DoS

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:58:49 +0100 (BST)


> Yes, if you do this from the _same_ host, where you are root.
> In this case you have lots of much easier ways to "DoS" it 8).
>
> It did not work in 2.2, because it violated TCP protocol.

Crashing your machine violates even more protocols, even as root 8).

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