Date: 09 Feb 2000 17:45:39 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Jim <jameso@omaha.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MSNBC article Message-ID: <xzpn1pa5npo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Jim's message of "Wed, 09 Feb 2000 09:47:27 -0600" References: <38A18C0F.9D482E8B@omaha.com>
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Jim <jameso@omaha.com> writes: > http://www.msnbc.com/msn/367495.asp > [...] > Comments? It's not a vulnerability, it's a DoS. A little worse than a simple flooder, but not much. MSNBC's explanation of how it works is incorrect, too - what confuses the router is the destination address on the ACK packet (since the packet it ACKs has a random source address). There is no argument between the router and the server about what's happening. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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