There was a Windows 2000 bug that would allow the computer to be crashed via a malformed IrDA packet. Of course someone crafted a Palm Pilot app to zonk all the vulnerable PCs in the vicinity. It worked on servers as well. Endless fun for a little while.

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zh3 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And of course the Ping of Death (which I thought was windows-only, but according to the linked article also affected linux and mac).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death

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PunchyHamster 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

why would there be irda on server ?

	▲	eps 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Bonus question is which PCs had IR ports.
	▲	nmstoker 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		With line of sight too?