Re: Negative IP Packets - Risky?

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, James Rowley wrote:

> By sending negative IP packets to a network, you can crash the server.
>
> Is anyone else aware of this & possible precautions that one can take?
>
> sincerely,
>
> James Rowley - Eudemonic Solutions, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND


Can you define 'negative IP packets'?

Thanks,


Ron DuFresne
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