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Date:      Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:01:57 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Other possible protection against RST/SYN attacks (was Re: TCP RST attack
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404212200270.21896-100000@a.mx.ict1.everquick.net>
In-Reply-To: <6.0.3.0.0.20040421121715.04547510@209.112.4.2>

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MT> Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:30:40 -0400
MT> From: Mike Tancsa


MT> If the attacker were on the same subnet this would not do
MT> anything, but you have larger problems if this is the case.

Indeed.  Anti-spoofing, per-switchport MAC restrictions, and
hardcoded ARP entries for routers all go a long way toward
improving security. :-)


Eddy
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