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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