At 12:14 AM 11/15/96 -0500, uhaas @
tsg-usa .
com allegedly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Just performing a sanity check. The "Killer Ping", "Ping o' Death" whatever
>is only a concern from hosts on the SAME network, right? Once the packet
>goes through a router it gets fragmented and re-assembled, right? Does re-
>assembly still cause the machine to crash?
Yes. BTW, the packet fragmentation is also what keeps the system sending
the packets from being taken out by its own attack. When the packets are
re-assembled at the destination system, the resulting packet size exceeds
64K and overflows the buffer - bringing the target system to its knees.
>
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>Urban A. Haas
>Open Systems and Network Consulting
>Total Solutions Group
>Phone: (800) 423-8741 Ext. 133; Fax: (612) 831-0509
>Internet: uhaas @
tsg-usa .
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tsg-usa .
com
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Best Regards,
Frank
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
-- Rich Kulawiec
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