what is ping of death ?

Answer Posted / rahul madan

ping of death a type of attack on a computer that involves
sending a malicious ping to a computer. A ping is normally
64 bytes in size or (84 bytes when IP header is considered)
Computer systems could not handle a ping packet larger than
the maximum IP packet size, which is 65,535 bytes. Sending
a ping of this size could crash the computer.
Normally use POD = Ping of Death

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