[5072] in bugtraq
Re: Net/OpenBSD local reboot
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ficus carica)
Fri Aug 1 14:06:33 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 07:50:25 -0700
Reply-To: Ficus carica <fc@PARKONE.CI.OAKLAND.CA.US>
From: Ficus carica <fc@PARKONE.CI.OAKLAND.CA.US>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
Hmm, I did some more testing, and it seems that in order for
the previous commands to cause reboot, the system must NOT
have a default route. I did most of my experimenting while
ppp was not active, and failed to notice this factor.
This could tend to reduce the impact of the bug. :)