full-disclosure - R: Loopback packets

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Message-ID: <B952438DAF5AFC45B81903D053B91411311D6D@zeus.acerbis.local>
From: edp.lists at acerbis.it (edp)
Subject: R: Loopback packets

Bad idea to set that dns entry to loopback, you are still DoS'ing
yourself.
The worm try to syn flood 127.0.0.1 with spoofed addresses, resulting in
lotta of RST packets back from loopback.

Just create a fake empty zone, no need here of loopback addresses.

>>> ***A*R** Seq: 0x0  Ack: 0x57810001  Win: 0x0  TcpLen: 20