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Hi all,

ok, this article was just published about a PAWS TCP DOS vulnerability, 
and lists freeBSD 4.x as affected.

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13676/info/

Does anyone know how to turn the TCP timestamps off on FreeBSD 4.x ?

and is 5.4 affected too ?

Tim.