[plug] local DoS with ping -R

[Matt Kemner]

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> On RedHat 6.1 (with all the latest updates)as a completely ordinary user I
> can ping -s :(
> 
> ~$ ping -s 65536 www.cantech.net.au
> Error: packet size 65536 is too large. Maximum is 65507
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I think this is VERY bad :(

So can you ping -s 65468 -R ?
(WARNING, this will kill the machine if you're running 2.0)

 - Matt