[4896] in bugtraq
Re: Solaris Ping bug (DoS)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Casper Dik)
Fri Jul 11 05:11:35 1997
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 23:05:26 +0200
Reply-To: Casper Dik <casper@HOLLAND.SUN.COM>
From: Casper Dik <casper@HOLLAND.SUN.COM>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Jul 1997 12:39:49 EDT."
<Pine.A32.3.93.970710121131.23257B-100000@hydrolab.arsusda.gov>
>and since they're devices you'll need the reconfiguration reboot to
>rebuild the /dev and /devices entries (generally a good idea when mucking
>with any kernel drivers anyhow - methinks modload would probably fail
>since /dev/ip and /dev/udp would prob be in use). The patch looks to
>include replacements for ip arp udp icmp and ifconfig. i would hazard to
>guess you're just doing a regular reboot and the panic is giving you the
>reconfig reboot .. dunno, just a guess here .. for those unfamiliar with
>the mystical incantation ..
Nope. Reconfiguration reboot is not necessary; you do need to reboot though
(and that fixed it for me).
Reconfiguration reboots are only necessary if device node need to be
added (added hardware, increased pt_cnt in /etc/system, etc).
Casper
