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Date:      Tue, 02 Jun 1998 09:57:05 +0200
From:      "Juan L. Freniche" <jlfreniche@acm.org>
To:        FreeBSD NET <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Questions again on T/TCP
Message-ID:  <3573B051.A6F@acm.org>
References:  <199806012042.EAA11209@spinner.netplex.com.au>

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Peter Wemm wrote:

> TF_NOPUSH is *copied* from the listening socket.  It's only present if the
> listener has explicitly enabled it.
>
>                        tp->t_flags |= tp0->t_flags & (TF_NOPUSH|TF_NOOPT);
>
> ie: only copy the TF_NOPUSH and TF_NOOPT flags from the listener to the 
> clone.  If they are not set on the master/listener, the clone does not get 
> them.


Thanks Peter, I missed the 0 in tp0.

But I still don't understand why insertion of this test solves the
security hole.


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