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Date:      Tue, 22 May 2001 18:08:28 -0700
From:      "Crist Clark" <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
To:        diman <diman@asd-g.com>
Cc:        Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW Rule -1 Always = Attack?
Message-ID:  <3B0B0D8C.3ADA76C1@globalstar.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105221226100.202-100000@portal.none.ua>

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diman wrote:

[snip]

> It might be 'icmp: reassembly time exceed' or something else - it's
> OS/Setup dependant. It might need more than 1 packet, but my point
> is: "rule -1"  can be used for ipfw detection/identification.
> There are no much security risk unless u wanna hide ur frierwall from
> peoples looks.

I cannot say for sure, but I would expect that there are many firewall
implementations that drop these kinds of fragments unconditionally.
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