Ping of Death?

[jamie dyer]

On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Blake Coverett 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.
->
->> 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)
 
 Aw heck, give the little fellers at Wired a break.
It's awful time consuming being on the cutting edge.


jamie
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