Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:27:44 +0200 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c) |
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Vojtech Pavlik wrote: > > > > > 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.
-- Manfred
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