Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:26:00 -0800 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 Message-ID: <20000209112600.X17536@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpn1pa5npo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@flood.ping.uio.no on Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 05:45:39PM %2B0100 References: <38A18C0F.9D482E8B@omaha.com> <xzpn1pa5npo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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