Adamsc wrote:
Igor wrote
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 22:23:30 -0600, Internaut wrote: What is the risk of publishing your dynamic IP address to a web page while you are on line? How vulnerable is someone just connected to > > >the internet, w/o any server running? What attacks are feasable? --> Well, if you are running Win95 (all) or 3.1 (w/certain TCP/IP stacks) your machine can be locked up or rebooted at *any* time using just PING! Isn't is Unix that is actually vulnerable? I tried pinging myself off and it didn't work; maby it has to be from a remote host.
Internaut wrote:
Igor wrote
On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 22:23:30 -0600, Internaut wrote: What is the risk of publishing your dynamic IP address to a web =
Adamsc wrote: page=20
while you are on line? How vulnerable is someone just connected to = the internet, w/o any server running? What attacks are feasable? = -->=20 Well, if you are running Win95 (all) or 3.1 (w/certain TCP/IP stacks) = your machine can be locked up or rebooted at *any* time using just PING! Isn't is Unix that is actually vulnerable? I tried pinging myself off and it didn't work; maby it has to be from a = remote host. =09
try ping -l 65510 host.name.edu - Igor.
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