1996-12-17 - Ping of Death?

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From: james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-17 22:40:52 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:40:52 -0800 (PST)

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From: james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:40:52 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Ping of Death?
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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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• 1996-12-17 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:40:52 -0800 (PST)) - Ping of Death? - james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
  • 1996-12-17 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:19:07 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ping of Death? - Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
    • 1996-12-18 (Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:35:21 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ping of Death? - Genocide <gen2600@aracnet.com>
  • 1996-12-18 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:43:12 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ping of Death? - Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>