Re: Strange hack attempt on port 25 from my own ip address



On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Adam Richardson wrote:
> >Look up 'Land Attack'.  You send a packet to a host with the source
> >and destination addresses set to that host's address, and the source and
> >destination port set to the same port.  The host then dies a horrible death
> >trying to reply to itself.

How does one do this?
Could someone please send me some C source. I always hear about
"creating packet" and "forging packets" and "sending packets" but
never seen code that actually DOES: create a forged packet and
send it to a host.

thanks!
zach

uram@cmu.edu
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29

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