Re: Here is a way to crash Solaris using ping!

R!ch wrote:
>
> On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, The Nemasys wrote:
>
> > Atif Ahmad Khan wrote:
> > > I heard a rumor that the following ping crashes some SPARCs running
> > > 2.5.1.
> > > ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1
> > > I haven't had the chance to try it myself yet. My machine is busy right
> > > now and I dont want to risk crashing it at this time.
> >
> > Sure does! And quickly too. I tried it onn several systems (2.4-2.5.1,
> > patched and unpatched), same results.
>
> There's a patch due soon for Solaris <= 2.5.1; the fix has already been
> integrated into 2.6.
>

Plus if you get in touch with your local SunService Support Centre binaries (though not yet packaged into patch format) should be available now.

-- 
Tony