TCP SYN attacks

Fri Oct 4 22:56:47 UTC 1996

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>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
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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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