> Got this forwarded to me, no idea on its age, but it did work on a
> solaris 2.5 machine:
>
> Looking to down a Solaris machine (works on almost all) try this simple command
> ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1
Tried it on a 2.5 machine with recommended patches (kernel Generic_103093-14)
as well as a 2.5.1 and a 2.6 machine with no result.
Looks like under 2.5 this is fixed with:
103169-12:
> Synopsis: SunOS 5.5: arp,ip,udp,icmp driver and ifconfig fixes
...
> Problem Description:
>
> 1226919 ping -sv -i 127.0.0.1 224.0.0.1 causes a panic
>
> (from 103169-11)
-James
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