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Re: IP address
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On Mon, 2 Dec 1996, Bruce M. wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 [email protected] 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?
>
> I have never been able to cause more than a mild performance
> degredation by pinging a Windows 95 machine with large packets. When
> testing the idea I kept increasing the packet size until the machine no
> longer responded, but the machine still had TCP/IP capabilities (in terms
> of transmitting data and forming connections). Ping flooding is another
> matter though. You probably could cause a larger performance drop.
>
try sending big udp packets instead of big tcp packets; this kills windows
faster.
--Deviant
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