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Date:      Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:29:08 +0100
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: stream.c worst-case kernel paths
Message-ID:  <20000121102908.A4494@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000120212336.01882220@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 09:27:16PM -0700
References:  <4.2.2.20000120182425.01886ec0@localhost> <200001210417.PAA24853@cairo.anu.edu.au> <4.2.2.20000120212336.01882220@localhost>

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-On [20000121 08:01], Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) wrote:
>At 09:17 PM 1/20/2000 , Darren Reed wrote:
>
>>Also, what about the simultaneous connection problem ?  (both ends send
>>SYN's to the other, same ports).
>
>The odds of the source ports being the same are minuscule. Wouldn't this
>prevent a problem? Or am I misunderstanding the implications here?

Stevens' TCPv1, Chapter 18.8.

Although I am not sure about the implications of the exact same numbered
source ports.  If that is what Darren is saying.  Could also be the same
destination ports.

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