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Date:      Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:18:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: simple tcp question (syn, no mss) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0301151118120.91512-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030115002040.T39623-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>

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why don't you put in a rule to catche them and count them.
then after a day or two you can go see how many there were..


On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Josh Brooks wrote:

> 
> Will I ever see a _legitimate_ packet in the wild that is a SYN, and has
> no MSS ?
> 
> 
> If the answer is no, then is this a good rule to block those:
> 
> ipfw add 00001 deny tcp from any to any tcpflags syn tcpoptions !mss
> 
> Or is this one better:
> 
> ipfw add 00002 deny tcp from any to any setup tcpoptions !mss
> 
> -----
> 
> I am simply trying to place a rule which blocks those packets and does not
> deny _any_ legitimate traffic (I don't consider nmapping to be legit for
> this discussion) - this is all provided that I am correct that there are
> no _legitimate_ packets in the wild that have a SYN and no MSS.
> 
> thanks.
> 
> 
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