Re: TO HELL WITH IT THEN......(re: disk-destroyer.c)

From: Manfred Spraul (manfred@colorfullife.com)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 07:27:44 EST


Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
>
> >
> > An invalid TCP/IP packet however does not permanently destroy the
> > ethernet card, no matter how badly it is screwed up. Nor does it
> > fry anything else.
>
> True.
>
[OT] Oversized ping to an old network stack?

>
> Also, if I understand the patch correctly, it kills all possibilities of
> for example drive firmware update without first adding support to that
> to the kernel explicitly. Is this really worth it?
>

Andre, could you comment on this question?
Someone might abuse an invalid command as a vendor specific extention.

--
	Manfred

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