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Date:      Sun, 3 Sep 2000 20:33:53 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>
Cc:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Dragos Ruiu <dr@kyx.net>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>, Nicolas <list@rachinsky.de>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw and fragments
Message-ID:  <200009040233.UAA12035@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000903173136.S33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000903094614.69440A-100000@fledge.watson.org> <200009032010.HAA15013@cairo.anu.edu.au> <20000903173136.S33771@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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> > It never reassembles and doesn't hold them in a buffer until they're
> > all received either.
> 
> Which I still think is the proper behavior for both ipfw and ipfilter.

I can think of some trivially easy DoS attacks if this is done...


Nate


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