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> Anyone heard of the Ping of Death, aka the Ping Bomb. It's a large chunk of > hostile code, disguised as a mere ping, that can lead to server rebooting. > Technology Assignment Editor, Wired News, http://www.wired.com/ > Producer, Packet, http://www.packet.com/ I read the two parts above and shake my head... A 'technology assignment editor' that has missed this story till now, and can't use a search engine to boot? -Blake (who should only look at the pictures)
On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Blake Coverett wrote: ->> Anyone heard of the Ping of Death, aka the Ping Bomb. It's a large chunk of ->> hostile code, disguised as a mere ping, that can lead to server rebooting. -> ->> Technology Assignment Editor, Wired News, http://www.wired.com/ ->> Producer, Packet, http://www.packet.com/ -> ->I read the two parts above and shake my head... ->A 'technology assignment editor' that has missed ->this story till now, and can't use a search engine ->to boot? ->-Blake (who should only look at the pictures) Aw heck, give the little fellers at Wired a break. It's awful time consuming being on the cutting edge. jamie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ jamie@comet.net | Comet.Net | Send empty message | Charlottesville, Va. | to pgpkey@comet.net | (804)295-2407 | for pgp public key. | http://www.comet.net | "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators" -P.J. O'Rourke. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------