Re: serious telnet bug; is it just me?

Dr. Delete Ph.D. (doc@lame.org)
Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:36:11 -0400 (EDT)

>
> >
> > On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Robert Sanders wrote:
> >
> > > From a Unix box, telnet to your portmaster. At the login prompt,
> > > escape back to the telnet command prompt (i.e. type '^]') and type
> > > 'send brk'. That's it.
> >
> > Yep, it just rebooted my Portmaster too. I have a Portmaster 2eR with
> > ten lines installed. However, it happened to me with version 3.1.2, NOT
> > 3.1.3, so I do not think that downgrading will solve your problem.
> >
>
> This not only reboots my PM2e-30 on ComOS 3.1.2 but my IRX-114 on 3.0.1R.
>
> I think the appropriate term is "not good".
>
> Livingston?

I'm waiting for crash-portmaster-worm.c to show up on Internet...

It'd be quite trivial to code.

Almost as trivial as it is to FIX this problem..

Just use packet filters, people :-) sheesh..

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