On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 08:21:52AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Iam using Debian Linux 1.3.1r6: > 1.When i ping from Win95 to Debian: > ping -l 65508 debian_machine > i get on the console message: > Oversized packet received from 193.59.184.153 > but system looks OK. > Its happen when packet size is >=65508 bytes
This is a feature. Some ping programs (like the Win95) allow you to create packets that are larger than allowed for in the relevant standard. These packets could be used to crash some systems, including older Linux kernels. Newer kernel versions, like the ones used in Debian 1.3.1r6, were fixed. As oversized ping packets could be used as an attack, the kernel reports them. HTH, Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
