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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Kiss-o'-death packets?
Sean Donelan wrote: > Uhm, you are also aware that if the attacker can spoof the > kiss-o'-death packets; the same attacker could spoof all sorts of > other packets including the time protocol packets to change the clock > on your computer. "Yes but"... there is a strong likelyhood that less paranoid protocol implementors (not necessarily designers, just those coding stuff from spec) could simplify their lives and not check all the right conditions required to filter unwanted stuff. Bye bye farm. Oh, this has happened already ? Now, where is that "Windows Update" icon again ... Peter
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