[wplug] Quote of the day

Patrick Wagstrom pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu
Fri Sep 23 18:52:12 EDT 2005


On Fri, 2005-09-23 at 16:07 -0600, Vance Kochenderfer wrote:
> Darren Winsper: "...you can't actually take a random RPM and turn it
>                  into an evil RPM..."
> commodoresloat: "Sure you can; all you need to do is set the evil bit."
>  at <http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=163139&cid=13628075>
> 
> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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IPv4 has a bit called the evil bit.  Leet hax0rs are supposed to set it
so we know they're haxoring and ownzing our b0xez.

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3514.html

Of course, it's been more than two years since this appeared, and I
still don't have an easy to set this bit.  ::sigh::

--Patrick




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