Subject: Re: Fix for "land" bug committed
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 11/20/1997 22:56:51
On Fri, 21 Nov 1997 00:44:46 -0600 (CST) 
 Dave Huang <khym@bga.com> wrote:

 > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jason Thorpe wrote:
 > > I have just committed a fix for the "land" bug.  Here is the relevant
 > 
 > What's the "land" bug?

See BUGTRAQ and current-users.  Essentially, a forged TCP connection
attempt that has source addr/port == dest addr/port.  Caused a loop in
TCP.

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