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Evil Bit Added to TCP/IP Packets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thats-a-good-idea dept.

Absolut Ralts notes that " RFC 3514 is now available. It provides for an additional so called 'Evil Bit' that can be used to determine the nature of the TCP/IP packet. This should vastly simplify networking and internet security, and prevent the beepers of tired sysadmins from going off and interfering with Warcraft III!"

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  1. yup, still not funny by AssFace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    First try... not really that funny.
    Second try... not funny.
    Third try... yeah... still not funny.

    Try for another 8 times or so - maybe there is a threshold that isn't obvious. Maybe on it takes 9 or 10 tries before the hilarity kicks in.

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  2. HAHA when will it stop!! by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Rob, this story was great the first time I saw it. It was even better when you posted it 2 hours later. Now it's just utterly hilarious! Please post it again and again so it becomes the best April Fool's Joke EVAR .

    Go for it!!!

    - A.P.

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  3. a first for slashdot? by prewashedironman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Three posts all on the same subject...must be a new record, even for slashdot...
    Evil Bit Added to TCP/IP Packets
    Posted by CmdrTaco on 03:30 PM -- Tuesday April 01 2003
    New RFC Adds "Evil Bit"
    Posted by CmdrTaco on 01:02 PM -- Tuesday April 01 2003
    RFC 3514: New Bit Defined for IPv4 Headers
    Posted by jamie on 03:25 AM -- Tuesday April 01 2003

  4. Nomenclature by YuppieScum · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Well, if the abbreviated form of duplicate is "dupe", that must make this story... tripe!

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  5. Triple Duplicate Fake Out by kris_lang · · Score: 1, Redundant
    So there we have it. A triple duplicate posting to fool some of the ./ers some of the time, especially those who do not look at the top page simultaneously containing all three postings at once! This was obviously done to counteract the comment in the first posting stating that if this were a REAL story, there'd be duplicate submissions.

    But really folks, a duplicate submission by the same editor within 148 minutes? Outrageous!!!

    New game for those tired of google-games: find the shortest interval duplicate submission. Easy attack mode: look for duplicated links, e.g. ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3514.txt, as the giveaway and compare posting times.

    New idea for a submission filter for the editors: implement the comparison of links concept to weed out duplicate postings by editors. If this were really implemented in the slashcode, however, it could destroy the whole nature of reality for ./ers who have come to expect, nay rely upon, the duplicates.

    I didn't use the word "dupe" because I must admit the first time I saw an editorial comment saying "yes it's a dupe", I thought someone had been duped into believing something that is untrue. Of course, that's an everyday occurence here, not something which is reserved for April 1st.

    I must admit that I enjoy these April Fools' items.

  6. Re:Moderators on crack, again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Note: Parent should be moderated to -1 Redundant for being obtuse and clearly Not Getting It.

    It's a joke on a joke. Consider it a meta-joke. Consider thyself stupid (not meta-stupid, although you probably are that as well).