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Re: A new TCP/IP blind data injection technique?


From: Casper Dik <casper () holland sun com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:17:41 +0100


On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:28:28AM +0100, Michal Zalewski wrote:

  2. Random IP ID numbers, a feature of some systems (OpenBSD?), although also
     risky (increasing reassembly collission probability), make the attack
     more difficult.

FreeBSD also has the option of randomizing the IP ID.

Solaris uses a different IP ID sequence for each system it
communicates with; you'll need to be able to see the packets
go by (in which case TCP splicing is child's play).

Casper


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