Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 09:12:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> Cc: Mark T Roberts <newsletter@marktroberts.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: non-random IP IDs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104120910370.63358-100000@mail.wlcg.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104120035120.2153-100000@achilles.silby.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Mike Silbersack wrote: > Each IP packet sent has with it a 16-bit ID. The numbers must remain > unique over a short period of time so fragmentation can work properly. As > such, everything except recent openbsds simple increments the id by 1 for > each packet sent out. What is the behavior of OpenBSD for this? If its not important, why would they change it? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE61am3v8Bofna59hYRA3DJAKCfCpvpwhiE9D7d1P+Vm8tr4HXpJACgxVfG wH9Q0Lz8yMB/9u7slM92UEo= =ZKgl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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