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From: adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: copy protection
Message-ID: <910203192209.27a009bb@TGV.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 91 03:23:37 GMT
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Reply-To: Adelman@TGV.COM (Kenneth Adelman)
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> Can copy-protection or license-protection systems such as SCO's be
> used for a denial-of-service and/or harassment type of attack?

    Presumably yes, and very easily. Just run a UDP ECHO server on
port 60000. This might also be a good way of "suppressing" machines
which do these broadcasts from ever getting on your network.

							    Ken