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RE: key change for TCP-MD5


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:18:20 -0700


The added cost for CPU-bound systems is that they have to try
(potentially) multiple keys before getting the **right** key
but in real life this can be easily mitigated by having a rating
system on the key based on the frequency of success.

This mitigates the effect of authenticating valid packets. However,
this does not appear to help at all in terms of minimizing the DOS
effect of an intentional DoS attack that uses authenticated packets
(with the processing time required to check the keys the intended
damage of the attack).

gstm


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