[145] in bugtraq
Re: udp packet storms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Newsham)
Tue Nov 1 21:37:09 1994
From: newsham@zang.kcc.hawaii.edu (Tim Newsham)
To: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 15:04:19 -1000 (HST)
Cc: bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: <199411011230.HAA06342@lokkur.dexter.mi.us> from "Steve Simmons" at Nov 1, 94 07:30:09 am
>
> This leads to a bug I've literally been afraid to test:
>
> How about forging a ping packet with source and destination
> address YOUR.NET.HERE.255? Should cause a brief but interesting
> storm, while doing only minimal loading on the forger.
when you send out a ping it is a ICMP_ECHO packet. When the remote
sends a reply it is a ICMP_ECHOREPLY packet. A host will not
reply to an ICMP_ECHOREPLY so you're safe.
Tim N.
