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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc: Jim <jameso@omaha.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: MSNBC article
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* Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> [000209 09:38] wrote:
> Jim <jameso@omaha.com> writes:
> > http://www.msnbc.com/msn/367495.asp
> > [...]
> > Comments?
> 
> It's not a vulnerability, it's a DoS. A little worse than a simple
> flooder, but not much. MSNBC's explanation of how it works is
> incorrect, too - what confuses the router is the destination address
> on the ACK packet (since the packet it ACKs has a random source
> address). There is no argument between the router and the server about
> what's happening.

Can you guys check the story again?  
I get pushed to: http://www.msnbc.com/msn/367495.asp

I can't find 'BSD' or 'cooper' anywhere on the page, and hints? :)

-Alfred


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