[plug] local DoS with ping -R

[Matt Kemner]

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Christian wrote:

> > You can flood somebody's link quite effectively by using
> > "ping -s <some really big number> <their IP address>"
> 
> Ummm... I think you may be wrong about this.  My ping only allows the
> super user to use the -s flag.  For example:
> 
> hobbes:~$ ping -s 56 10.1.1.20
> ping: Operation not permitted

Looks like they fixed it in later versions of ping. :)
The version of ping I was running when I had to patch it (this is about 2
years ago) came with Debian 1.3 - they must have fixed it since then.
Can someone with a RedHat system tell me if their ping allows -s?

 - Matt