Re: quakeworld/win32 DoS

[entropy () COMPUFIT AT (Alexander Sanda)]

On 4 Nov 98, at 16:30, Paul Boehm wrote:

> #!/usr/bin/perl
> # qwsvwin32-crasher by infected () cia at
> #
> # usage : ./qwcrash | nc -u host port
> # result: qwsv for win32 should exit with: ERROR: NET_GetPacket: Unknown error
> # reason: ? (winsock?)

Most likely not winsock. The reason for this claim ?

Well, I tried this with a dedicated Q2 server, and this one doesn't
crash, instead it reports:

    NET_GetPacket: WSAEMSGSIZE

A dedicated unreal server reports the same:

    Log: UDP recvfrom error: WSAEMSGSIZE

So it seems that winsock reports an error, but QW doesn't handle it
properly.

(All tests done on NT4/SP4).

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