It has been about 5 years since I have done a major overhaul to my computer. After tiring of blue screens and reisntalling XP over and over, I decided to upgrade my computer. Now, I have a 2.4 p4 quad core installed with 4 gigs of memory. So, I decided to go back to Vista again to get the most out of the processor.
Here is my problem: It seems even though my BIOS reports 4 GB of memory, Windows only shows 3.x. So, I did some research. Turns out this is a known problem with Windows. The first to fix it is Vista SP 1. So, I am installing it and seeing if that will fix it!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605/en-us
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Fragmentation occurs if the IP must send a datagram that is large than is allowed by the receive window in the network layer. This process will break up a datagram into smaller packets and then it will be restored when received by the other end. This is a normal and very important process. Each packet is marked with a length, an offset and a more bit.
Length = Total length of the fragment
Offset - distance from the beginning of the original datagram
More bit = used to determine if there are other packets after that one. 1 indicates there is another packet which is part of that set. 0 indicates it is the last packet of the set.
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IPID = 043C Length = 3,600 Offset = 0 |
Fragmented (Normal)
| More = 1 Len = 1,000 Offset = 0 |
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| More = 1 Len = 1,000 Offset = 1,000 |
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| More = 1 Len = 1,000 Offset = 2,000 |
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| More = 0 Len = 600 Offset = 3,000 |
When the packets are manipulated so that they overlap (shown below) instead of following in order one after another (above) it can crash the computer. The teardrop attack is a good example of an exploit that will overlap packets. The packets can also be manipulated so that instead of overlapping, there is too much space between them as well.
Overlapping Fragment Attack
| More = 1 Len = 1,000 Offset = 0 |
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| More = 1 Len = 1,000 Offset = 500 |
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| More = 0 Len = 1,000 Offset = 1,500 |
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