[5340] in bugtraq
Re: TCPwrappers race condition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John W. Temples)
Fri Oct 3 19:42:07 1997
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 23:06:50 +0300
Reply-To: "John W. Temples" <john@KUWAIT.NET>
From: "John W. Temples" <john@KUWAIT.NET>
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <199710031512.KAA18691@spike.porcupine.org>
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Although the time window can be made *smaller* by using results
> from accept() instead of getpeername(), the time window can be
> eliminated only by changing the kernel so that it does not destroy
> the protocol control block when the connection is reset by the
> peer.
If accept() does return without an error, why would you not have
the address? Thus where is the time window?
--
Thamer Al-Herbish
shadows@whitefang.com
