[5019] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DoS, ICMP, proxies, SYNDefender
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Fri Oct 4 13:08:10 1996
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:53:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
cc: iepg@iepg.org
In-Reply-To: <199610041438.KAA01730@linux.silkroad.com>
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Tim Bass wrote:
> This is an interesting issue, IMO. Application and protocol
> programmers would have more information to 'use as they choose'
> if ICMP UNREACHABLES were actually sent when destinations
> are unreachable and sent 'as a rule'.
>
> This, IMO, is a direct protocol issue, and not a security issue
> per se.
Right on! PHRACK will be publishing my program to transmit bogus ICMP
UNREACHABLE packets in the december 2001 issue. It's called the Bass
Player. :-)
Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
