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dUNIX OSF325-320293 Illegal length ping ICMP V3.2B ECO Summary

Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: Digital UNIX [R] COMPONENT: ping SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation ECO INFORMATION: ECO Kit Name: OSF325-320293 ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: N/A ECO Kit Approximate Size: 80 Blocks 40800 Bytes Kit Applies To: Digital UNIX V3.2B System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes ECO KIT SUMMARY: An ECO kit exists for Digital UNIX V3.2B. This kit addresses the following problem: o Corrects a system panic caused by a Windows95 or WindowsNT system sending an illegal length ping ( ICMP ) packet. This patch is MANDATORY. INSTALLATION NOTES: This patch contains the following inventory: /usr/sys/BINARY/ip_input.o subset OSFBIN320 CHECKSUM: 60678 38 RCSfile: ip_input.c RCS: 4.4.80.2 The following instructions assume the OSF325-320293.d.tar.Z patch compressed tar file is in directory /tmp As superuser, do: # cd /tmp # uncompress -d OSF325-320293.d.tar.Z # tar xpvf OSF325-320293.d.tar Patch files and cover letter are in subdirectory /tmp/patches/OSF325-320293 Shutdown the system to single-user mode Preserve the old version(s): #cd /usr/sys/BINARY #mv ip_input.o ip_input.o.pre..OSF325-320293 Install the new file(s) and any hard links: #cd /usr/sys/BINARY #cp -p /tmp/patches/OSF325-320293/ip_input.o . Assuming that the name of the system is "MYSYS", build a new kernel: /usr/sbin/doconfig or /usr/sbin/doconfig -c MYSYS Note the locaton of the newly built kernel reported by doconfig. Verify that there is sufficient disk space, then save existing kernel: cd / cp -p vmunix vmunix.pre..OSF325-320293 Copy the new kernel: cp -p /usr/sys/MYSYS/vmunix /vmunix To use the new kernel, you must shutdown and reboot the system. Follow your standard system shutdown and reboot procedures so that your users and other processes are handled properly. [R] UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited.



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Files on this server are as follows:

osf325-320293_d.README
osf325-320293_d.CHKSUM
osf325-320293_d.CVRLET_TXT
osf325-320293_d.tar_z
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