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Date:      Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:56:41 -0800
From:      Lars Eggert <lars.eggert@netlab.nec.de>
To:        Marc Olzheim <marcolz@stack.nl>
Cc:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TCP RST handling in 6.0
Message-ID:  <280E31B0-BA54-404A-8CD4-2EF64F767B9A@netlab.nec.de>
In-Reply-To: <20051108204603.GA2121@stack.nl>
References:  <E019841F-389F-4B15-942E-F30F6745ECBF@netlab.nec.de> <20051108204603.GA2121@stack.nl>

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On Nov 8, 2005, at 12:46, Marc Olzheim wrote:
> Being on the wrong end of a distributed tcp syn flood attack atm.  
> on the
> machine I'm mailing from, is probably enough to convince me of its  
> use.

The change we are discussing is not protecting you from SYN floods,  
it is supposed to protect you from spoofed RSTs.

Lars
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Lars Eggert                                     NEC Network Laboratories


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