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Re: IP address



Adamsc 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? --Internaut
> 
> 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?

	- Igor.