Re: resistance to swamping attacks.

Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com> Fri, 20 September 1996 19:13 UTC

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To: touch@isi.edu
Cc: kim@morningstar.com, ipsec@TIS.COM
Subject: Re: resistance to swamping attacks.
In-Reply-To: touch's message of Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:12:15 -0700. <199609201912.AA02342@ash.isi.edu>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 15:18:59 -0400
From: Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com>
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> But then you're authenicating the signature, but not the packet
> itself, no?

Huh?  Are we using the same definition of "authentication"?

						- Bill