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    SubjectRe: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c)
    Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
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    > >
    > > An invalid TCP/IP packet however does not permanently destroy the
    > > ethernet card, no matter how badly it is screwed up. Nor does it
    > > fry anything else.
    >
    > True.
    >
    [OT] Oversized ping to an old network stack?

    >
    > Also, if I understand the patch correctly, it kills all possibilities of
    > for example drive firmware update without first adding support to that
    > to the kernel explicitly. Is this really worth it?
    >

    Andre, could you comment on this question?
    Someone might abuse an invalid command as a vendor specific extention.

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    Manfred

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