Re: SYN cookies

[Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk>]

"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to> wrote:
> I haven't looked at the TCPCOOKIE code, but if it causes compatibility
> problems then it ain't SYN cookies.
> 
> SYN cookies are inherently indistinguishable from any other good method
> of choosing TCP sequence numbers---except that they continue to work
> when the server runs out of memory for PCBs.

I was wondering if you came up with some spec for syncookies and was looking
on your web site for a mailing list archive or specification document but
I couldn't find anything. Is there a document your list produced?

Cheers


Jon
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