Re: [tcpm] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5961 (4772)

I submitted this draft, yesterday.:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lvelvindron-ack-throttling-02

It's a work-in-progress, but I welcome feedback.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:36 PM, RFC Errata System
<rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5961,
> "Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks".
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> You may review the report below and at:
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5961&eid=4772
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> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Stéphane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer+ietf@nic.fr>
>
> Section: 7
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> Original Text
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> [The entire section]
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> Corrected Text
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> No suggested text because it requires a much more serious analysis.
> May be adding that the rate-limit counter SHOULD be per-connection,
> in the spirit of RFC 6528?
>
> Notes
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> It appears the section does not specify that the counter for ACK throttling SHOULD be per-connection. In Linux, it is apparently global, which allowed its use as a side channel enabling nasty attacks (CVE-2016-5696 and the paper "Off-Path TCP Exploits: Global Rate Limit Considered Dangerous" <http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~zhiyunq/pub/sec16_TCP_pure_offpath.pdf>)
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> RFC5961 (draft-ietf-tcpm-tcpsecure-13)
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> Title               : Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks
> Publication Date    : August 2010
> Author(s)           : A. Ramaiah, R. Stewart, M. Dalal
> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
> Source              : TCP Maintenance and Minor Extensions
> Area                : Transport
> Stream              : IETF
> Verifying Party     : IESG
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