TCP SYN attacks
Ted Linnenkamp
tedlin at microsoft.com
Fri Oct 4 22:56:47 UTC 1996
>----------
>From: Tim Bass[SMTP:bass at linux.silkroad.com]
>Sent: Friday, October 04, 1996 7:58 AM
>To: freedman at netaxs.com
>Cc: nanog at merit.edu; iepg at iepg.org
>Subject: Re: TCP SYN attacks
>
>>
>> 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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