[aklug] Re: Bad Packet

On 11/03/10 13:57, adam bultman wrote:
>
>
> Damien Hull wrote:
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:37 PM, Christopher Howard<cmhoward@frigidcode.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 10:47:06AM -0800, Damien Hull wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a malformed or "bad packet" that can take down Apache?
>>>> I just added very basic iptables rules to my webserver. If there is a bad
>>>> packet I would like iptables to block it. If it's possible.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> This stream will hang any Apache instance:
>>>
>>> 436875636B204E6F72726973
>>>
>>> --
>>> Christopher Howard
>>> frigidcode.com
>>> theologia.indicium.us
>>>
>>
>> Okay... How does one send it that string? I want to see this in action.
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>
> Hang around Texas and do bad stuff from 1993 through 2001.

It's easy:

echo "436875636B204E6F72726973" > /usr/local/sbin/httpd

sudo apachectl restart

Kills it dead every time for me ;)

** Your experience may vary, and could involve a re-install...

-- 
Tom
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