Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:29:08 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stream.c worst-case kernel paths Message-ID: <20000121102908.A4494@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000120212336.01882220@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 09:27:16PM -0700 References: <4.2.2.20000120182425.01886ec0@localhost> <200001210417.PAA24853@cairo.anu.edu.au> <4.2.2.20000120212336.01882220@localhost>
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-On [20000121 08:01], Brett Glass (brett@lariat.org) wrote: >At 09:17 PM 1/20/2000 , Darren Reed wrote: > >>Also, what about the simultaneous connection problem ? (both ends send >>SYN's to the other, same ports). > >The odds of the source ports being the same are minuscule. Wouldn't this >prevent a problem? Or am I misunderstanding the implications here? Stevens' TCPv1, Chapter 18.8. Although I am not sure about the implications of the exact same numbered source ports. If that is what Darren is saying. Could also be the same destination ports. -- Jeroen Ruigrok vd W/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/B-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Ain't gonna spend the rest of my Life, quietly fading away... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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