full-disclosure - Re: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

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From: kris at FreeBSD.ORG (Kris Kennaway)
Subject: Re: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?

On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:28:28AM +0100, Michal Zalewski wrote:

>   2. Random IP ID numbers, a feature of some systems (OpenBSD?), although also
>      risky (increasing reassembly collission probability), make the attack
>      more difficult.

FreeBSD also has the option of randomizing the IP ID.

Kris