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From: Florian Weimer <fw@××××××××××.de>
To: Devon <devon@×××××.org>
Cc: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP vulnerability
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 13:44:28
Message-Id: 8765bsxh4d.fsf@deneb.enyo.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] TCP vulnerability by Devon
1 Devon <devon@×××××.org> writes:
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3 > Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but how do others rehashing prior
4 > research make one not want to publish their new original research?
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6 It goes unnoticed the first time, so no countermeasures are
7 implemented. The second time, there is a media frenzy, with rather
8 aimless reconfiguring etc.
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10 However, I'm sure that most of this rediscovery is truly indepedent.
11 So holding back the information doesn't help much. But the situation
12 is surely frustrating. If you don't present your discovery as the end
13 of the Net as we know it, hardly anyone will listen. If you
14 exaggerate a bit, things go out quickly out of control.
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17 Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the
18 following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, postino.it, tiscali.co.uk,
19 tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr.
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Re: [gentoo-security] TCP vulnerability Ronan Mullally <ronan@×××.ie>