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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:55:18 -0400
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
Cc:        "Andrey V. Elsukov" <ae@freebsd.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-20:10.ipfw
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References:  <20200421165514.C676C1CB78@freefall.freebsd.org> <54bfc0f6-be4c-349d-df87-8ba507803a04@grosbein.net> <CAPyFy2Bx6hM0FdF2xHPrpzfCDo%2B5JRtetxQs2_S9zy=V2FEmew@mail.gmail.com> <f43a2478-31e4-6c82-a84e-eace2b7b416b@grosbein.net>

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On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 18:50, Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> wrote:
>
> > I believe this is correct; what about this statement:
> >
> > No workaround is available.  Systems not using the ipfw firewall, and
> > systems that use the ipfw firewall but without any rules using "tcpoptions"
> > or "tcpmss" keywords, are not affected.
>
> Isn't removing rules with "tcpoptions/tcpmss" considered as work-around?
>
> Such rules may be replaced with "ipfw netgraph" rules and processing TCP options
> with NETGRAPH node ng_bpf(4). Seems as work-around to me.

Fair enough, although I don't want to provide that as an official
suggestion in the advisory without testing and understanding the
caveats, so probably just removing the "No workaround is available."

So perhaps:
Systems not using the ipfw firewall, and systems that use the ipfw firewall
but with no rules using "tcpoptions" or "tcpmss" keywords, are not affected.



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