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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Amplification attack using retry tokens and spoofed addresses (#2064)

MikkelFJ <notifications@github.com> Fri, 30 November 2018 20:53 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Amplification attack using retry tokens and spoofed addresses (#2064)
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OK, maybe I need to read up on things. But I had this idea that the if you have the token, it is because you received it, so sending it back proves that you have the IP.

But if you can steal the token and spoof your source IP to some DDoS target the server will then attempt handshake with the target because it thinks the address has been validated.

My suggestion was to ensure that the token cryptographically encodes the IP so the attacker cannot force a handshake with anyone other than the client that it stole the token from.

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