From owner-freebsd-security Fri Oct 16 09:03:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA15544 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:03:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com (link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA15500 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 09:02:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from khetan@link.freebsd.os.org.za) To: (original recipient in envelope at link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com) X-Disclaimer: Contents of this e-mail are the writer's opinion X-Disclaimer2: and may not be quoted, re-produced or forwarded X-Disclaimer3: (in part or whole) without the author's permission. Received: from localhost (khetan@localhost) by link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com (8.9.1+3.1W/8.9.1a/smtpfeed 0.83) with SMTP id SAA01712 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:02:14 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from khetan@link.freebsd.os.org.za) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 18:02:13 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar X-Sender: khetan@link.cpt.nsc.iafrica.com Reply-To: Khetan Gajjar To: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Recent RST DoS Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi. I just wanted to know if a gateway PC running ipfw would be resistant against the RST attack that there was recently a advisory for. The machine I'm dealing with is a vintage 2.2.6-RELEASE box. --- Khetan Gajjar (!kg1779) * khetan@iafrica.com ; khetan@os.org.za http://www.os.org.za/~khetan * Talk/Finger khetan@chain.freebsd.os.org.za UUNET Internet Africa Support * FreeBSD enthusiast-www2.za.freebsd.org FreeBSD is like a wigwam - no windows, no gates, apache inside! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message