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To: AlienTech who wrote (13948)	11/11/1997 4:41:00 AM
From: Raj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

<<I am not IKE but let me answer this.. Its all BULL! Of course theres 101 ways to crash a pentium or any other cpu for that matter. >> It does not hurt to be objective.....there is **ONLY ONE" way to crash a Pentium from "user mode" or protected environment...and thar is by running this sequence. <<There is no ISP that will be affected by this bug, none nada not a single one. If anyone is they shoudnt be in the ISP game anyway since they will not only be a danger to themselves but to others as well.>> All you need to do is telnet into an ISP's Pentium based server....and just execute this 4 instructions from user mode. Viruses have never been an issue for servers running Unix and NT because user programs (including viruses) have only controlled access to systems resources. On desktops viruses can cause havoc. However this sequence of instructions can cause a crash from user mode and hence servers are vulnerable. <<So is breaking a bone.. If it hurts then dont do it>> The wiser question is "how can I fix a broken bone" and "how can I protect myself from somebody trying to break my bones". IMHO Raj