full-disclosure - Re: low bandwidth DoS attack against TCP/IP stack

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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:17:29 +0200
From: Jorrit Kronjee <full-disclosure@...pam.wafel.org>
To: redb0ne@...h.com, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: low bandwidth DoS attack against TCP/IP stack

redb0ne@...h.com wrote:
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>> There's been some buzz about a new bug within the TCP/IP-protocol.
>> According to the people who discovered it, it affects some if not
>> all
>> OSes. They explain it a little bit in an interview (URL below)
>> without
>> telling any details.
> 
> Fyodor released some speculation earlier today:
> 
> http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html

And Robert E. Lee posted on his blog that Fyodor's explanation doesn't 
actually describe the bug they found.

http://blog.robertlee.name/2008/10/conjecture-speculation.html

Kind regards,

Jorrit

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