[149] in bugtraq
Re: udp packet storms - ping death
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Howes)
Wed Nov 2 14:30:22 1994
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 07:45:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Charles Howes <chowes@helix.net>
To: "David A. Wagner" <dawagner@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <9411020518.AA07344@tucson.Princeton.EDU>
On Wed, 2 Nov 1994, David A. Wagner wrote:
> Hrmm. We have a special version of ping installed here, but
> the command
>
> ping -eraw 255.255.255.255
>
> will consistently and reliably panic any Sun here.
<snip>
> Our copy of ping is installed setuid root; ...
So you mean that any student at princeton can panic any Sun there just by
typing that command? Cool...
--
Charles Howes -- chowes@helix.net
Always tell the truth, then you make it the other bloke's problem!
- Sean Connery, 1971
