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Re: IP address

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: IP address
From: [email protected] (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 04:38:46 -0600 (CST)
Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Adamsc" at Dec 1, 96 09:56:40 pm
Organization: Bool Sheet Software
Reply-To: [email protected] (Igor Chudov)
Sender: [email protected]

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.

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