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Re:The Root Kit by derleth on Thursday December 06, 2012 @01:26AM (#4880553)
Is it even possible for a ping to localhost to time out?
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Re:The Root Kit by lloeki on Thursday December 06, 2012 @07:10AM (#4881441)
Change the localhost entry in the hosts file, for one.

Shoot yourself in the foot with iptables.

Had the IP stacked borked once too.

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Re:The Root Kit by treePhase on Thursday December 06, 2012 @01:55AM (#4880651)
If the hardware is damaged, yes.
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