1996-12-17 - Re: Ping of Death?

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From: ! Drive <drink@aa.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-17 23:55:59 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:55:59 -0800 (PST)

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From: ! Drive <drink@aa.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:55:59 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Ping of Death?
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read about it here
	http://www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping/

At 02:39 PM 12/17/96 -0700, you wrote:
>Anyone heard of the Ping of Death, aka the Ping Bomb. It's a large chunk of
>hostile code, disguised as a mere ping, that can lead to server rebooting.
>
>James Glave
>
>Technology Assignment Editor, Wired News, http://www.wired.com/
>Producer, Packet, http://www.packet.com/
>Phone: 1.415.276.8455
>Fax: 1.415.276.8499

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