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Date:      Fri, 22 May 2009 00:37:50 +0100
From:      Rui Paulo <rpaulo@freebsd.org>
To:        David DeSimone <fox@verio.net>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] SYN issue
Message-ID:  <7B86B602-BE19-4AD7-9B70-CCC3BFC933A8@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090521173725.GB3992@verio.net>
References:  <20090519211346.GC675@isilon.com> <20090521173725.GB3992@verio.net>

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On 21 May 2009, at 18:37, David DeSimone wrote:

> Zachary Loafman <zachary.loafman@isilon.com> wrote:
>>
>> After correcting the above, any SYN that doesn't exactly match
>> the initial sequence number results in a RST|ACK response and the
>> ESTABLISHED connection being dropped.
>
> Maybe I am jumping to conclusions here, but does this mean that  
> someone
> can spoof a SYN from your IP and source port and force your connection
> to be torn down?


I don't think so. First of all the seq must be on the left of the recv  
window, and second, we already do this for the right of the recv window.
I believe this is how the standard defined it to be.

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Rui Paulo

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