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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