Computer security Question:
What are giant packets? Or, is Windows NT susceptible to the PING attack?
Answer:
There are mixed reports whether or not NT is vulnerable to this attack. By using ping to send a large packet to certain systems, they might hang or crash.
Windows NT 3.51 seem to be vulnerable to this attack. A knowledge base article, Q132470, describes symptoms in Windows NT 3.51, and also include a pointer to a patch for this problem
Windows NT 3.51 seem to be vulnerable to this attack. A knowledge base article, Q132470, describes symptoms in Windows NT 3.51, and also include a pointer to a patch for this problem
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