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Re: Windows 95/NT DoS
From: appie () CASTEL NET (Albert Siersema)
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 15:25:17 -0100
It is possible to remotely cause denial of service to any windows 95/NT user. It is done by sending OOB [Out Of Band] data to an
You're right. This is VERY serious. I've tested it on NT machines with SP2 and most hotfixes installed. It's even worse: the NT machine reboots so it should come up again, but when it does, all memory (physical and virtual) is consumed. (from the previous memory dump ?) Only a proper shutdown and restart fixes this. I think this is a seperate bug, but nevertheless again: OH NO !
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