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SubjectRe: [Patch] IPv4 TCP security impovement
On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Joachim Baran wrote:

> According to some Phrack (49? - I can't remember) I
> read, Microsoft operating systems don't send an ACK+RST.
> So they couldn't be scanned in this way - but almost
> every Unix. This is sad...

What is sad is the fact that M$ have broken their TCP/IP stack for no
real gain. There are plenty of other ways to portscan, have a look
at nmap.

You are free to break your own kernel to mimic this behaviour, please
don't try to break mine.

Regards,
Damien Miller

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| Damien Miller - http://www.ilogic.com.au/~dmiller


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