From: Chris 

Can someone educate (tell) me as to what the "ping of death" is? 
(but not a lesson from the "school of hard knocks"), please. 
Thanks!

/Chris

Geo wrote:
> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> news:nv5gv0luli1fspqjod5n3nukstd6poiuan{at}4ax.com...
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>>With all that is going on in networking security of late, what bright
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> spark
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>>decided to use that protocol for something as new as VoIP?
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> The system I was being shown was straight tcp/ip and when I sent it a ping
> of death guess what happened. 
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> Geo.
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