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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: sysctl to disable TCP simultaneous connect
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:29:08 -0800
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Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
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	Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@google.com>,
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To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
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On 02/07/2013 10:44 AM, Kees Cook wrote:
>>
>> This patch probably also breaks TCP STUNT that is used by some applications for NAT
>> traversal.
> 
> The patch would not break it -- it defaults the sysctl to staying enabled.
> 
> If you mean the documentation should be updated, sure, that's easy to do.
> 
> David: I know you aren't a fan of this patch, but I'd like to try to
> convince you. :) This leaves the feature enabled and add a toggle for
> systems (like Chrome OS) that don't want to risk this DoS at all.
> There are so very many other toggle, I don't see why this one would be
> a problem to add.
> 

It is not just STUNT, but in NAT-less configurations behind stateful
firewalls (which is expected to be the norm for IPv6), TCP rendezvous
via crossed SYN is a very effective way to establish peer-to-peer
connections.

	-hpa