[7138] in bugtraq
Re: linux TCP/IP patch: ktcpd-strobemasker
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julian Assange)
Wed Jul 1 16:17:02 1998
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:45:09 +1000
Reply-To: proff@IQ.ORG
From: Julian Assange <proff@IQ.ORG>
X-To: joff@IASTATE.EDU
To: BUGTRAQ@NETSPACE.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980630203849.7708B-100000@isufug.ee.iastate.edu>
from Jesse Off at "Jul 1, 98 00:54:25 am"
> * when a TCP or UDP strobe is detected, start refusing all connections
> from this IP until attempts have stopped for a specifed amount of time.
>
> ~Jesse Off
> <joff@iastate.edu>
Nice, but the example I've quoted above leads to an obvious and
very effective selective denial of service attack.
Cheers,
Julian.
