Re: [TERNLI] Forwarding corrupt packets

Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com> Tue, 05 September 2006 11:08 UTC

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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:07:47 -0400
From: Randall Stewart <rrs@cisco.com>
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To: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@lurchi.franken.de>
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Michael Tuexen wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> comments in-line.
> 
> Best regards
> Michael
> 
> On Sep 5, 2006, at 2:24 AM, Joe Touch wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Joe,
>>>
>>> comments in-line.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On Sep 5, 2006, at 12:50 AM, Joe Touch wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Michael,
>>>>>
>>>>> see my comments in-line.
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>> I think we have to consider two cases:
>>>>> - An on path attacker....
>>>>> - An off path attacker. ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Checksums are not protection from attacks.
>>>
>>> Correct.
>>> But the question was could the PKTDRP report be used for an attack.
>>
>>
>> If it isn't signed, then yes. But that holds for any message.
> 
> Correct.
> 
>>
>>> What
>>> I wanted to
>>> make clear is the an on path attacker can use it, but he can do this
>>> even without PKTDRP.
>>> An off path attacker has the same problem as for basic SCTP  without 
>>> PKTDRP.
>>
>>
>> Aren't these statements true for any unsigned SCTP message?
> 
> Correct. That was my point. SCTP with PKTDRP is not less safe than  pure 
> SCTP.
Exactly its no different then TCP/UDP/DCCP.. anything that is
not signed has this danger...

R

> 
>>
>> Joe
>>
> 


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