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Date:      Thu, 12 Apr 2001 01:04:36 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Mike Allen <mikeallen99@home.com>
Cc:        Mark T Roberts <newsletter@marktroberts.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: non-random IP IDs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104120103470.2153-100000@achilles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <3AD54669.EEF91A5C@home.com>

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On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Mike Allen wrote:

> Predictible IP ID numbers can be used by an attacker to hijack your
> session causing the following effects:
>
>   1.  The successful attacker can 'take over' your session and
>       do anything he/she wants to do with your files.  No log

You're confusing ip ids with tcp sequence numbers.  ip ids have no such
importance.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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