Kiss-o'-death packets?

Mon Oct 6 14:13:03 UTC 2003

PG> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:45:11 +0100
PG> From: Peter Galbavy

PG> "Yes but"... there is a strong likelyhood that less paranoid
PG> protocol implementors (not necessarily designers, just those
PG> coding stuff from spec) could simplify their lives and not
PG> check all the right conditions required to filter unwanted
PG> stuff. Bye bye farm.
PG>
PG> Oh, this has happened already ? Now, where is that "Windows
PG> Update" icon again ...

HTTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient
checking.  Thus HTTP is a bad idea.

SMTP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient
checking.  Thus SMTP is a bad idea.

SNMP implementations have had vulnerabilities due to insufficient
checking.  Thus SNMP is a bad idea.

Come to think of it, IP stacks have had vulnerabilities due to
insufficient checking.  IP is a bad idea, too.

Eddy
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