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Re: Annoy Those Sub7 Scanners.


From: Rune Kristian Viken <arcade () KVINESDAL COM>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:42:36 +0200

On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, you wrote:

It appears that when Sub7 scans a port that chargen is sitting on,
it can't handle it, and crashes. A three-finger-salute is needed to regain any
use of Windows.

Uh.  There really are pros and cons of setting up chargen.. It acts as an
extreme traffic amplifier.. so .. I really don't think its a good idea to set
up chargen's ;)

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