KILLDOOM - Kills NetDoom players Version: 1.0a Usage: KILLDOOM [options] [...] can be the Network Hex Addr or one of the special identifiers: LO[cal] and BR[oadcast]. NetAddr FFFFFFFF is interpreted as Broadcast. Options: -S - Silent Mode -V - Verbose Mode -H - Shows this help Copyright (C) 1994 by Jonny E-Mail: jonny@coe.ufrj.br Please, do not use this software for kidding with your DoomMates ! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 94.12.11 Here is the first release of KillDoom. It's meant to be used by network supervisors who want to definitelly stop NetDoom playing in their networks. One can kill DOS/IPX NetDoom players anywhere in a network connected by IPX routers. Just run KILLDOOM with the network address as parameter and DOOM(tm) and DOOM II(tm) network players will crash. If you want to be more drastic, run KILLDOOM BROADCAST, and it will kill NetDoom players everywhere they can be found; just be careful with the BROADCAST option because it can really flood your network. I'd like to say that I also do like to play NetDoom. It's surely the best game ever made in the world until 1994. But this hobby must not interfere in anyone's work, during business hours. This program may be used and distributed freely. There is absolutely NO WARRANTY. KNOWN BUGS: - Works only in Ethernet. ArcNet, FDDI, Token Ring, etc. are still not supported. I've done this to learn how IPX and Packet Drivers work. Maybe, if I can find a Public Domain IPX API I can port it to all other network architectures. - For the previous reason, it also works only in Ethernet_II frame networks. Sorry all other folks, but we've been recommending this instead of any other frame for a long time. If you don't want to use Ethernet_II in your stations, but still want to use KILLDOOM, add an Ethernet_II network in your server, just to route to the destination. TO DO: - I'd like to make a Unix version, to put it in crontab and kill NetDoom players once each 10 minutes... This can be done now in a cheat way by putting KILLDOOM BROADCAST in the system login script... 8^) Jonny