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    SubjectRe: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c)
    On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

    > On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 01:50:42AM -0700, bodnar42@bodnar42.dhs.org wrote:
    >
    > > Alright, actually, after having a cup of coffee (most of which ended up
    > > on my keyboard :( ), I fully agree with our poor misunderstood friend
    > > Andre. If something is providing access to something at a protocol level,
    > > it is its job to make sure that the protocol is not violated.... imagine a
    > > TCP/IP stack that let you send invalid packets, that wouldn't go over too
    > > well.
    >
    > Of course you can send invalid TCP/IP packets using the network stack in
    > Linux. You can send any packets.
    >
    Not a packet that will turn your Ethernet card in to a paperweight... this
    is a much more serious issue than an invalid TCP/IP packet.


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