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Date:      Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:06:10 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: stream.c worst-case kernel paths
Message-ID:  <388956E2.4CECCB89@softweyr.com>
References:  <7263.948497709@critter.freebsd.dk> <200001212353.PAA64927@apollo.backplane.com>

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Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
>    Sorry about that.  I'm freaking out a little because we are too damn close
>    to release to be making any big changes to the network stack and protocols.
>    Frankly, big changes are not necessary.

Right.  It seems that simply dumping the multicast TCP packets earlier rather
than later will avoid the worst effects of the attack.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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