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Re: udp packet storms

From: scs () lokkur dexter mi us (Steve Simmons)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 07:30:09 -0500 (EST)


This leads to a bug I've literally been afraid to test:

How about forging a ping packet with source and destination
address YOUR.NET.HERE.255?  Should cause a brief but interesting
storm, while doing only minimal loading on the forger.

Current thread:

Re: udp packet storms Mike Raffety (Oct 31)
- Re: udp packet storms Perry E. Metzger (Oct 31)
  - Re: udp packet storms Darren Reed (Nov 01)
- Re: udp packet storms Steve Simmons (Nov 01)
  - Re: udp packet storms Perry E. Metzger (Nov 01)
  - Re: udp packet storms Tim Newsham (Nov 01)
  - Re: udp packet storms Pete Shipley (Nov 03)
  - bizzare ftp stuff... Tim Scanlon (Nov 03)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: udp packet storms Perry E. Metzger (Oct 31)
- Re: udp packet storms Charles Howes (Oct 31)
- Re: udp packet storms Mike Raffety (Nov 01)
  - Re: udp packet storms David A. Wagner (Nov 01)
    - Re: udp packet storms - ping death Charles Howes (Nov 02)
    - Re: udp packet storms - ping death David A. Wagner (Nov 02)

(Thread continues...)