Re: [gentoo-security] TCP vulnerability

[Florian Weimer]

Ronan Mullally <ronan@×××.ie> writes:

> As I understand it, this 'rediscovery' is more to do with the research
> indicating that previous estimates of the time required to carry out a
> RST attack were over-estimated.  This paper suggests the attack can be
> completed in a matter of minutes / hours rather than years.

I'm not sure if I should label the current issue as a "rediscovery".
Many people who claim that it is one simply do not understand its
nature.  I haven't checked all references, though (after some time,
it's a bit tiresome, and who cares anyway?).

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