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From: Antony Stone <Antony@Soft-Solutions.co.uk>
Subject: Re: mangle + TCP Flags
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:38:29 +0000
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On Wednesday 10 December 2003 7:25 pm, Maciej Soltysiak wrote:

> [Oops, sorry there for incomplete mail :)]
> Hi,
>
> > I think to something like that:
> > iptables -t mangle -A INPUT -j TCPFLAG --set-flags FIN,URG
>
> There is no such module. It would be possible to do that.
> If a module like this existed it would be a great way to violate the
> protocol and cause antisocial behaviour of your tcp stack.

There are plenty of ways to do that already - I don't think one more would 
hurt....   :)

Enough people think that un-decrementing the TTL field, or DROPping packets 
without sending back RST or ICMP, is a bad enough violation of the protocol 
(both of these are easily possible with netfilter as it is).

Antony.

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Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but 
rather when there is nothing left to take away.

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