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I remember these days, and they were pretty ridiculous. One time I was playing Quake in middle school, talking some smack. Someone didn't like it and threatened
by dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
I remember these days, and they were pretty ridiculous. One time I was playing Quake in middle school, talking some smack. Someone didn't like it and threatened to crash my computer. I didn't believe it. "Oh yeah, do it!" And they did. Got my IP from the server (the server listed users and their IPs) and bada-bing: BSOD! I was floored. I don't remember the exact Windows 95 exploit, but it was a staple for a while. It was nice when firewalls came out and you could at least have something between you and the Internet.
- icedchai 5y agoSounds like a mid-90's "ping of death."
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- dmitryminkovsky 5y agoSounds right, thank you.
- techrat 5y agoLikely Winnuke, Teardrop or Land, those were the three most commonly used types of DoS exploits used against Win 3.x and Win95 users at the time.
- dmitryminkovsky 5y agoSearched these and the rabbit hole was awesome. Thank you.