Ping of Death?

[wizzz]

My router shows that I am receiving "ping of death" from several IP addresses.
Apparently, there is no affect on my computer but I am not sure.

So wtf is "ping of death" and what is it supposed to do?
Anything I should worry about?

 

[Nothinman]

I think it was just a really big, mal-formed ping that caused boxes to BSOD or panic, you'd have to be running some really old OS for it to have any effect.

 

[AtomicDude512]

Give me your IP and i'll help out with lag problems.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I think it was just a really big, mal-formed ping that caused boxes to BSOD or panic, you'd have to be running some really old OS for it to have any effect.

IIRC it was a problem w either NT4 SP1 or the OOTB version. Packets of a certain size would bring the box down. There's still a problem going w XP/2K where you can bring them down w a malformed SMB packet.

 

[Nothinman]

There's always a new problem with Windows that lets you bring it down remotely, it's just a matter of time before someone finds it and writes an exploit for it =)

IIRC The Ping of Death affected almost every sytem with TCP/IP though, atleast in one way or another.

 

[Smilin]

You prolly won't notice any effect on your computer - it will just drop the packets.

 

[Reel]

Originally posted by: wizzz
My router shows that I am receiving "ping of death" from several IP addresses.
Apparently, there is no affect on my computer but I am not sure.

So wtf is "ping of death" and what is it supposed to do?
Anything I should worry about?

If your router is catching it, then there is nothing to worry about unless it is happening frequently because the router protected you. If it is becoming a nuisance, you may wish to send an email to the administrator of the other IP address.