From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jan 21 13:21:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from puck.nether.net (puck.nether.net [204.42.254.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D582214C04 for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 13:21:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jared@puck.nether.net) Received: (from jared@localhost) by puck.nether.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA03942; Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:20:59 -0500 (envelope-from jared) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:20:59 -0500 From: Jared Mauch To: Brett Glass Cc: Wes Peters , TrouBle , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stream.c worst-case kernel paths Message-ID: <20000121162059.Y30675@puck.nether.net> Mail-Followup-To: Brett Glass , Wes Peters , TrouBle , security@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200001211415.BAA12772@cairo.anu.edu.au> <20000121.16082400@bastille.netquick.net> <3888C7D2.D82BE362@softweyr.com> <4.2.2.20000121140941.01a68b30@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000121140941.01a68b30@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:10:23PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In the multicast world you only send UDP (or other types), you do not send tcp packets out, because you can't do a three-way handshake. - jared On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 02:10:23PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:55 PM 1/21/2000 , Wes Peters wrote: > > >Be warned if you're using the exploit program: if you select random > >addresses, it may (will) pick multicast IP addresses, which may have > >unintended side affects on your network. Augh! > > Geeze. Is it even LEGAL to ACK multicast packets? > > --Brett > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Jared Mauch | pgp key available via finger from jared@puck.nether.net clue++; | http://puck.nether.net/~jared/ My statements are only mine. END OF LINE | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message