Just start the server with the lmdown disabled. -- Nathan On Fri, Sep 25, 1998 at 02:31:28PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieksat_private wrote: > Well, here's an oldie but goodie, which we first saw at least 3 years > ago. Lo and behold, it's apparently STILL broken. Sorry, no vendor > notification - we told them 3 years ago. ;) > > FlexLM 'lmdown' command will chow your license server from anywhere on > the Internet - all you need is a copy of the license file. The > authentication appears to be "Well, you appear to be root on the > machine that you typed 'lmdown' on". > > In fact, you don't even need the license file. At least on "(lmgrd) > FLEXlm (v6.0d)", all you needed was your own file that had 'SERVER > hostname bozo-number port'. Changing bozo-number didn't affect the > ability to shut down the server. All you probably need to do is > figure out the packet format, and launch one. ;) > > Any skriptz kiddies looking to write a DOS, here's your chance. ;) > > -- > Valdis Kletnieks > Computer Systems Senior Engineer > Virginia Tech > > ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulinger EMail: nneulat_private University of Missouri - Rolla Phone: (573) 341-4841 Computing Services Fax: (573) 341-4216
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