Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 19:11:16 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD affected by "teardrop" attack? Where's the patch? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980313191103.19404L-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980313003601.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Donald Burr wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > A while back a kernel patch came out for Linux to counteract what is known > as the "teardrop" attack. (I am not sure of the exact details of this > attack (how it is done, etc.) > > It wasn't clear to me whether this affected just Linux systems or most > TCP/IP implementations in general. If this affects more than just Linux > systems, then does it affect FreeBSD too? If so, is there a patch > available? FreeBSD doesn't appear to be vulnerable. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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