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Date:      Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:25:19 +0800
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-07:03.ipv6
Message-ID:  <20070429052519.GB99449@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <4633BDE9.7080103@yahoo.com>
References:  <200704262349.l3QNnmro085350@freefall.freebsd.org> <4633BDE9.7080103@yahoo.com>

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On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 05:34:33PM -0400, Peter Thoenen wrote:

> Umm maybe its just but I fail to see why this is a security advisory 
> (initially caught this on the OBSD list).  You are following the RFC .. 
> if you don't like "evil" packets, then drop them at the firewall or 
> router layer ... don't see the need for an OS fix.

Design flow in the RFC still may be security vulnerability, doesn't it?

Eugene Grosbein


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