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Man things you can see and do and get on irc
you've missed out. There's been masses of wars, being shut down by the feds watched by the goverments for a while there efnet wasn't safe to log onto if you ran a windows based computer, the OS would be crashed within seconds
Here's a little history lesson about why I had to start using Linux in 1997
, there used to be war scripts where you could go /ssping #channelname and 99% of the room would crash, you could go into a room with hundreds of people in it and then watch
TIMEOUT user1
TIMEOUT user 2
x300
Until there was liek 3 bots left that were running on some OS that was immune
In January of 1997, "The Ping o' Death" was discovered, and proved to effect 18 major operating systems, Windows 95 and NT included. In this attack, systems which are "pinged" with a very large packet will crash. Service Pack 2 fixes this problem on Windows NT machines. The above patch fixes the problem on Windows 95 machines. See this page for more info.
In June of 1997, "SSPing/Jolt" appeared. In this kind of attack, fake TCP/IP packets are sent to a host, causing the host to slow down or crash. While less serious than WinNuke, anyone who runs a mission-critical web server on Windows NT should apply the fix, which can be found here.
Also in June, another bug in the Windows NT 4.0 web server (Internet Information Server 3.0) could let a malicious user crash the server when it receives a very large URL (4kb to 8kb) in a CGI request. The patch for NT web server administrators is available here.
A fairly new attack, called "Teardrop", affects Windows 95/NT machines, as well as Linux and other operating systems. It occurs when an invalid or fragmented IP address is sent to a host, causing it to crash or hang. The fix for Windows 95 users is included in the WinNuke patch above. Windows NT users should consult this page. Recently, a new version of the Teardrop attack has appeared. (see below)
Early in December 97, a new bug, called a "land c" or "Land Attack" has appeared, by "Meltman". It affects some operating systems, as well as some Internet hardware such as firewalls and routers. Like the SSPing attack, it allows someone to slow down or crash a Windows NT machine, and crash a Windows 95 system. A patch for Windows 95 machines is included in the WinNuke fix above. Windows NT users should consult this link.
There are several bugs in Microsoft's latest Internet Explorer 4.0 browser, which can let a malicious person access and/or destroy files on your hard drive. On January 14th, 1998, the "MK Overrun bug" was reported, which can cause IE4.0 to crash when the user tries to go to a webpage that starts with "mk://". A fix for NT and 95 users is provided by Microsoft at this page. A similar attack, called the "IE Buffer Overrun bug", can be fixed at this MS webpage.
Recently a new varaiation on the Teardrop attack has surfaced, called "NewTear" or "Boink". As of January 12, 1998, there is a fix for Windows NT users. The fix for Windows 95 machines, released on January 23rd, is included in the WinNuke fix above.
