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Date:      Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:59:20 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_input.c tcp_seq.h tcp_subr.c tcp_timer.c tcp_usrreq.c tcp_var.h
Message-ID:  <20010821195920.A23850@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200108220058.f7M0wGf97070@freefall.freebsd.org>; from silby@FreeBSD.org on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:58:16PM -0700
References:  <200108220058.f7M0wGf97070@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:58:16PM -0700, Mike Silbersack wrote:
> silby       2001/08/21 17:58:16 PDT
>=20
>   Modified files:
>     sys/netinet          tcp_input.c tcp_seq.h tcp_subr.c=20
>                          tcp_timer.c tcp_usrreq.c tcp_var.h=20
>   Log:
>   Much delayed but now present:  RFC 1948 style sequence numbers

Yay!

>   In order to ensure security and functionality, RFC 1948 style
>   initial sequence number generation has been implemented.  Barring
>   any major crypographic breakthroughs, this algorithm should be
>   unbreakable.

Except by brute force.  A 32-bit sequence number just isn't naturally
very resistent to guessing, and on a fast connection, under favourable
circumstances, an attacker could simply cycle through them all.

Kris
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