Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] amplification attack using Retry and VN triggered by coalesced Initial packets (#2259)

Marten Seemann <notifications@github.com> Thu, 27 December 2018 16:17 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] amplification attack using Retry and VN triggered by coalesced Initial packets (#2259)
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A client might combine two Initial packets of different versions into one datagram in order to save the round trip penalty associated with VN. This wouldn't work if the server decides to drop the rest of the packet after sending the VN packet.

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