I was pretty sure that "Nuke" was just a windows problem, however in these
days of "eleet hackers" DOS (Denial Of Service) programs are becoming more
advanced and for different platforms. I am not quite sure about
Mandrake's distro, but I have noticed on their site they give updates and
some warnings if the update plugs a hole that can be exploited remotely.
Anyway, I guess what I am trying to say is, that yes, win-nuke will
probably not work on your linux box, but there may be some other DOS
programs that might. Until the script-kiddies give up their DOS programs,
unfortuantly we will have to deal with it until a patch is made.
-Bill
On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Paul Hendrick wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > Paul Hendrick wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Does Mandrake 6 have Nuke protection? I go on IRC every now and again so I'm
> > > sure a lot of people here will know why I could do with it :-/
> > > If not, is there any program for this? I've looked at
> > > http://easynet.linuxberg.com for something, but I don't think theres any files
> > > there to help me out.
>
> > OK, I'll byte 8-), what's Nuke protection?
>
> I'm not exactly sure what it is, but I know what it can do :(
> When you enter a channel on IRC your IP is there for everyone to see it. There
> are loads of "Nuke" programs for Windoze and all someone has to do is enter
> your IP and click send or "Kill IP". After a few seconds the victim IP is
> dead, i.e your modem hangs up.
> There was a program called NukeNabber for Windows. Also, Lockdown2000
> (http://www.lockdown200.com).
> These progs basically intecept the nuke and disable the port.
> I think they get you by sending data packets that get bigger and biger untill
> your connection is lost...
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Paul Hendrick
> http://www.btinternet.com/~engprin1/linux.htm
>
