RE: TCP SYN attacks

[Ted Linnenkamp <tedlin () microsoft com>]

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> From:  Tim Bass[SMTP:bass () linux silkroad com]
> Sent:  Friday, October 04, 1996 7:58 AM
> To:    freedman () netaxs com
> Cc:    nanog () merit edu; iepg () iepg org
> Subject:       Re: TCP SYN attacks
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> > My preferred approach is to not even have to store state on any
> > of the embryonic connections.  And to implement the fix on all
> > of my hosts.  And customers can implement it in a firewall, if
> > they choose (and have boxes which can't be fixed: Win95, NT, Macs, ...).
> >
> > Avi

Avi,

Did you mean to state that these boxes can't be fixed (hardened against
SYN attacks) by you?

Ted L.

My statements are my own and not of the Microsoft Corp. 






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