Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:06:10 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: stream.c worst-case kernel paths Message-ID: <388956E2.4CECCB89@softweyr.com> References: <7263.948497709@critter.freebsd.dk> <200001212353.PAA64927@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> Sorry about that. I'm freaking out a little because we are too damn close
> to release to be making any big changes to the network stack and protocols.
> Frankly, big changes are not necessary.
Right. It seems that simply dumping the multicast TCP packets earlier rather
than later will avoid the worst effects of the attack.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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