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Date:      Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:19:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
Cc:        ipfw@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a bug in divert handling of fragments
Message-ID:  <200206241419.g5OEJXk65809@arch20m.dellroad.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020621073804.B79754@iguana.icir.org> "from Luigi Rizzo at Jun 21, 2002 07:38:04 am"

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Luigi Rizzo writes:
> This is in disagreement with the comment, and almost certainly
> not what one wants, so I believe this has to be fixed.
> I see two possible alternatives:
> 
>   #1:   only trust divert info for the fragment with offset 0
>         (i.e. the one which should have headers etc.)
> 
>   #2:   keep as good the info from the first incoming fragment with
>         a non-zero *divinfo (i.e. one which matched a divert rule).
> 
> I would prefer #1 because it is less prone to attacks and easier to
> implement, and also because there is a lot more information that
> the firewall can use to select the packet.

#1 sounds good to me too..

-Archie

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Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com

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