Re: [OPSEC] Fwd: Fernando Gont's "Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol"

Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> Mon, 12 January 2009 00:52 UTC

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From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
To: Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar>
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I'd support the idea.


On Sun, 11 Jan 2009, Fernando Gont wrote:

> Hello, folks,
>
> This one is probably is waiting for moderator approval. I'm forwarding it to 
> the mailing-list for your convenience.
>
> Thanks!
> Fernando
>
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>> From: christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)
>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:19:24 -0500
>> Organization: Astron Software
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>> To: opsec@ietf.org
>> Subject: Fernando Gont's "Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol"
>> Cc: fernando@gont.com.ar
>> 
>> Dear Opsec Members,
>> 
>> I have read and reviewed Fernando Gont's paper
>> draft-gont-opsec-ip-security-01.txt "Security Assessment of the
>> Internet Protocol version 4", and I think it should be included in
>> the list of your Working Group items. I think that the paper is
>> unique in that it aims (and I think succeeds) to summarize *all* the
>> known flaws in various IPV4 implementations and the protocol itself,
>> and provides recommendations for implementers on how to avoid or
>> correct known pitfalls. This is the first attempt that I know of
>> to present this information in one place.
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> 
>> Christos Zoulas
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