Messages in this thread |  | | From | pderosa@mbox ... | Date | Mon, 21 Oct 1996 18:09:10 +0100 (MET) | Subject | Re: kernel bug -> security problem |
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On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Jacek Radajewski wrote:
Hi !
> I've just received e-mail about a bug in the kernel which causes linux > to reboot when the following ping is issued from windowz 95 : "ping -l > 65510 linux.box.IP.address" .. I tried it and sure enough linux dies > quickly and without any warning ... WinBug sucks, more and ever, now and forever... The've found a dirty way to eliminate such a dangerous enemy, I mean Linux... BTW this is the first time I hear of this thing.
Ciao. Pierluigi (mithrandir@Lothlorien.org). |-> e-mail: pderosa@mbox.vol.it / pierluigi.de.rosa@giuda.deis.unical.it <-|
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