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Message-ID: <4C8BC3E6719C90D46EC744F2@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:46:41 -0600
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Crafted SYN Packets...
--On Tuesday, November 13, 2007 17:38:39 -0500 Simon Smith
<simon@...soft.com> wrote:
> Kelly,
> SYN packets and ports do not correlate.
Huh? You'd better explain what you mean here a little further.
> And yes, SYN is TCP.
You mean SYN is TCP *only*, not UDP.
> You should
> read up on TCP/IP etc so that you understand protocols before posting to
> mailing lists.
>
> Kelly Robinson wrote:
>> Looking at some suspicious behaviour in our logs...
>>
>> If someone sends a packet with the SYN bit set to a host, typically what
>> is the client's source port? Or is that crafted too?
It can be but doesn't have to be.
--
Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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