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Re: Linux Blind TCP Spoofing (fwd)


From: jhardin () WOLFENET COM (John D. Hardin)
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:17:25 -0800


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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 19:46:13 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan Cox <alan () lxorguk ukuu org uk>
To: jhardin () WOLFENET COM
Subject: Re: Linux Blind TCP Spoofing

It is recommended that kernels below version 2.0.36 be upgraded to
eliminate this vulnerability.

This implies but does not explicitly state that 2.0.36+ kernels are
not vulnerable. Is this the case?

NAI reported the problem to me during the 2.0.36 development period and
the bug was squashed.



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