Re: TTY lockup's (Kernel V2.0.32)

[Myrdraal]

On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 09:53:11AM -0800, Gadzoox Networks Employee wrote:
Hi,
> I don't know if the following posting has any relevance for linux. Saw no 
> references to it in any recent postings. Could someone clarify please?
> >From Infoworld:
>   Posted at 5:35 PM PT, Nov 25, 1997 
> [etc]
>   The bug, called the Land Attack and named after its discoverer, allows an attacker to send a Syn packet, which is used to open a connection, to a host that person wants to attack.
>   The packet is spoofed so that it appears to be coming from the same port as the computer is receiving the bug on, creating a loop while the machine tries to respond to itself, which
>   crashes the system. 
Linux isn't vulnerable. When they say 'UNIX', they're talking about
BSD/BSD-derived systems mostly.
 -Myrdraal