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Re: TCP RST attack (the cause of all that MD5-o-rama)


From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy () knowtion net>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:45:36 +0100


E.B. Dreger wrote:
I don't think we're even that far along.  If I'm reading FreeBSD
4.9 and NetBSD 1.6.2 source correctly,

/usr/src/sys/netinet/in_pcb.c

Should have stretched as far as OpenBSD then. Same file.

tells all.

AFAIK, sequential search is about it.  Try a port number, verify
that the src/dist ip+port combination is available, then go on to
the next lport if the guessed one is in use.

As far as I can see - I have never read the code before, just the commit
messages - the OpenBSD version does a circular, random search between high
and low targets.

Peter




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