[GLLUG] TCP stack issue

[Clay Dowling]

Did the article mention -which- TCP/IP stack had the flaw?  Linux, Windows 
and BSD all use a different stack.  Similar, but divergent enough that one 
has different flaws than the others.

Clay

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Stanley C. Mortel wrote:

> F.Y.I.  Interesting for sure.
>
>>  --Denial-of-Service Vulnerability Found in TCP Stack
>> (October 2, 2008)
>> Swedish researchers have uncovered flaws in the TCP stack that could be
>> exploited to create denial-of-service conditions.   The attack can be
>> carried out in less than five minutes and exploits the way resources
>> are allocated after a successful three-way handshake.  The problem
>> was discovered while the researchers were testing a scanning tool.
>> More information about the issue is expected to be presented at the
>> T2'08 Information Security Conference later this month in Helsinki.
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/831
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10056759-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1009_3-0-20
>> http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Speculation-surrounds-DoS-vulnerability-in-the-TCP-protocol--/news/111651
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