[13645] in bugtraq
KSR[T]Ware #002: Instructor 1.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave G.)
Tue Feb 1 19:46:50 2000
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Message-Id: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002011345400.10438-100000@www.ksrt.org>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:47:03 -0500
Reply-To: dhg@KSRT.ORG
From: "Dave G." <dhg@KSRT.ORG>
X-To: ksrt-advisories@KSRT.ORG
To: BUGTRAQ@SECURITYFOCUS.COM
KSR[T] Security Advisories http://www.ksrt.org
Contact Account: ksrt@ksrt.org
Advisory Subscription: Send an empty message to:
ksrt-advisories-subscribe@ksrt.org
----
KSR[T]Ware #002
Date: 01/15/2000
ID #: instrct1-2
Program: Instructor 1.0
URL: http://www.ksrt.org/instructor
Author: David Goldsmith <daveg@ksrt.org>
Summary: Instructor is a 32 bit instruction set auditor.
By sequentially executing every 32 bit op-code,
one can find instructions that might have adverse
effects on operating environments. For example,
Instructor was used to find the non-privileged
halt instruction <http://www.ksrt.org/adv9.html>.
For a description on how this program differs
from the 'crashme' program, please read the
comments at the top of the source file.
Disclaimer: Exercise extreme caution when running this
program since it may cause your system to
abruptly halt, panic, or reboot.