Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: 2.0 ethX bogus packet size messages ... | Date | Sun, 16 Jun 1996 18:09:07 +0100 (BST) |
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> True, but "rm -rf /" is like burning your *own* house down, wheras > allowing giant packets onto the wire is like sprinkling your whole > street with a big box of nails and broken glass.
Which a superuser can do by numerous means. Another issue is stuff like plip where a 2K mtu is legal even tho it is ethernet. And there are people who have real uses for 2K mtu's on ethernet even if it is illegal (like testing out of spec behaviour for routers...)
Alan
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