[2787] in bugtraq
Re: Router programming,source routes and spoofed ICMP attacks.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Brown)
Mon Jun 24 03:53:25 1996
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 18:37:11 +1200
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From: Alan Brown <alan@manawatu.planet.org.nz>
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On Thu, 20 Jun 1996, Brian Mitchell wrote:
> No matter, most operating systems should be immune to such things at this
> point in time.
The operative word is "should"
Solaris 2.4 isn't, nor are any of the SunOs 4.x versions, AIX up to the
current level or Linux.
> I'd say just about anyone who cares at all about security (ie: anyone
> reading this list) has source routing disabled on their routers, and
> probably on their individual workstations as well.
I'd agree with you but I've seen more ciscos than I like to remember with
source routing still enabled.
AB
