1996-12-18 - Re: Ping of Death?

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From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>
To: james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-18 00:43:12 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:43:12 -0800 (PST)

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From: Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:43:12 -0800 (PST)
To: james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
Subject: Re: Ping of Death?
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james@hotwired.com (James Glave) writes:
> 
> 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.

http://www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping

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• 1996-12-17 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:40:52 -0800 (PST)) - Ping of Death? - james@hotwired.com (James Glave)
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  • 1996-12-18 (Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:43:12 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ping of Death? - Assar Westerlund <assar@sics.se>