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Old 08-06-2004, 09:44 AM   #1
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ping flood


what exactly is the purpose of a ping flood? It does seem to use up a lot of bandwidth...
 
Old 08-06-2004, 10:43 AM   #2
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A ping can be used to load test a network or host.

A ping flood can be use maliciously to DoS a machine by using up all it's bndwidth.
 
Old 08-06-2004, 02:57 PM   #3
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ok, cool. that probably explains why dropping pings is so popular these days also.
 
  


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