-blackhole
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <ben@demon.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/03/1996 14:24:37
>Number: 2800
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: Kernel panic on 'route change -host 194.217.150.5 -blackhole'
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 3 06:35:00 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ben Gould
>Organization:
Demon Internet, London
>Release: 1.1
>Environment:
System: NetBSD dismember.progs.demon.net 1.1 NetBSD 1.1 (DISMEMBER) #0: Wed Aug 14 18:05:40 BST 1996 root@dismember.progs.demon.net:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/DISMEMBER i386
>Description:
Attempting to simulate total network loss between this host and
194.217.150.5 by creating a blackhole, other routeing information
on system generated from an unmodified /etc/netstart and a supplied
/etc/mygate.
The following command immediately halts the system:
# route change -host 194.217.150.5 -blackhole
>How-To-Repeat:
See above problem description.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: