Re: trial & charges

[Derek Martin]

On Sat, 24 Jul 1999, Paul D. Robertson wrote:

> 
> In my case, I came across the CISCO IOS bug that meant a fragmented packet
> to syslog's port would bring down the routers.  
> 
> I wasn't *trying* to flood the network during a scan, in fact I was trying
> to do no harm at all.  As I said, I was doing a sanctioned scan - I _knew_

This isn't really a good example though, because the problem is with the
buggy router implementation.  A legitimate use of this port could cause
the same problem.  You should complain to your vendor about this, not law
enforcement.



Derek D. Martin           |  UNIX System Administrator
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