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From: jack@mcvax.UUCP
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Subject: Large IP packets crashing machines.
Message-ID: <7011@boring.mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Jul-86 05:21:25 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 14 05:21:25 1986
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The Sun 2 kernel had a bug, which made that long packets could
crash the machine. I believe this bug was referred to as the 'remote sunset'
bug, and that it was most easily demonstrated by sending a large
ICP echo packet (using ping, or something like it).

Does anyone out there know what the fix to this was? I'm experiencing
a similar problem with our Whitechapel MG-1 workstations, and wondered
wether the problem might be something along the same line....
-- 
	Jack Jansen, jack@mcvax.UUCP
	The shell is my oyster.