Re: Always practice safe software: a lesson from UnrealIRCd

[Vlatko Kosturjak <kost () linux hr>]

On 06/13/2010 05:49 PM, Ron wrote:
> Will this work as an alternative to killing the process?
> ping -c4 google.ca
> ping -n4 google.ca
>
> The first command will take 4 seconds on Linux, and the second will take 4 seconds on Windows. If the server takes 
> approximately 4 seconds to respond, it's likely vulnerable. "sleep 4" is also an alternative to check for Linux, but 
> ping -n4 is the closest you get to sleep on Windows. 

I would prefer 127.0.0.1 instead of google.ca if using timings. And it
would work against LAN and Internet systems then.

Kost
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