RE: Ping of Death?

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.

Technology Assignment Editor, Wired News, http://www.wired.com/ Producer, Packet, http://www.packet.com/

I read the two parts above and shake my head... A 'technology assignment editor' that has missed this story till now, and can't use a search engine to boot? -Blake (who should only look at the pictures)