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Re: [tcpm] Is this a problem?

Mark Allman <mallman@icir.org> Mon, 19 November 2007 13:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [tcpm] Is this a problem?
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> Clearly there seems to be no consensus on where the problem lies.

That is my read of this thread.

> It seems to me that all of these approaches have a key flaw in that
> they leave the solution to be handled by a proprietary method of
> defending against the attack. Solving the problem in the transport
> layer would make the solution a standard one 

I think a key question here is whether we need a standard solution.  If
this were solved in a 'proprietary' manner, why would that be a big
deal?  I don't understand this notion that we need some sort of standard
behavior here.  Please explain.

allman




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