Re: CRASHME crashes NS 3.0 in less than a second!!!

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From: Paul Lynch
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 10:33

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In article <1992Sep30.152220.18225@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org>  
jr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Jochen Richter) writes:
> The user program CRASHME that is available from some ftp-servers
> crashes NS 3.0 in less than a second!!! That is the depressing 
> result of my tests. It's a shame that NS hasn't been tested with
> this in many magazines demonstrated user program. It produces
> many different system exceptions that have to be handled properly
> by the kernel...
> After the crash you can't even reach NMI! You have to use 
> <Command><Alternate>*.
> 
> 
> Shame!!!
> 
> Jochen

So what.  Almost every Unix system is crashed in < 2 seconds by Crashme.

Paul
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