Re: ip id numbers

["Carlos Eduardo Pinheiro" <cabeca () gmx net>]

Hi doug,

ID flag indicates which datagram fragments belong together so datagrams do
not get mismatched and sequence numbers are used to reassemble data in the
order in which it was
sent.


Carlos Eduardo Pinheiro - cabeca () gmx net - ICQ #: 134439332
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xEC75A11D
2089 293E 6E35 72C2 BDED  06E5 58E7 E4FF EC75 A11D

----- Original Message -----
From: <dsax () syseng com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: ip id numbers


> Hi,
> I'm new to posting on this list although i'm a long-time lurker. I'm
> familiar with tcp sequence number exploits. recently i've seen references
> to non-random ip id numbers and how they can be exploited. can anyone
> explain the difference between tcp sequence and ip id numbers?
> thanks,
> doug sax