public inbox for linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP-RST Vulnerability - Doubt
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:28:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zn6myrxx.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040629043411.A5054@homebase.cluenet.de> (Daniel Roesen's message of "Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:34:11 +0200")

* Daniel Roesen:

> Not if the MD5 option is properly implemented - i.e. MD5 hash checking
> is done AFTER the packet is considered valid in terms of "fitting"
> sequence number.

In this case, you trade robustness against network load for robustness
against implementation errors.  I'd rather not to have to make this
choice. 8-/

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-29 21:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-25 21:20 TCP-RST Vulnerability - Doubt saiprathap
2004-06-25 22:05 ` David S. Miller
2004-06-26  2:22   ` Andre Tomt
2004-06-28 19:18     ` Florian Weimer
2004-06-28 13:22   ` Miquel van Smoorenburg
2004-06-28 14:49     ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-06-28 18:34     ` Florian Weimer
2004-06-28 18:37     ` Willy Tarreau
2004-06-28 19:26       ` Florian Weimer
2004-06-29 20:03         ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-06-29 21:22           ` Florian Weimer
2004-06-29 21:45             ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-06-29  2:34     ` Daniel Roesen
2004-06-29 21:28       ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2004-06-29  2:34   ` Lincoln Dale
2004-06-29 21:27     ` Florian Weimer

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=87zn6myrxx.fsf@deneb.enyo.de \
    --to=fw@deneb.enyo.de \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox