[plug] local DoS with ping -R

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Matt Kemner wrote:

> 2. (my original reason for posting, and the most recent ping bug)
>    Some versions of ping allow you to create an invalid packet with
>    "ping -s 65468 -R" that crashes the machine _you are running ping on_.
>    This is mainly a problem for ISPs etc. where you cannot trust local
>    users

Okay I missed that it was going to take down the local host NOT the remote
host.

Sorry :(

Yours Tony.