Re: (PM) Is ComOS affected by a land.c attack ?

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Fri, 21 Nov 1997 23:20:26 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Warren Vanichuk wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Russ Hughes wrote:
>
> > I would test this myself, but my pm's are half full.
>
> According to reports on bugtraq, PM* boxes aren't vulnerable to 'land'.
> Apparently an OR-U was affected, but no mention of ComOS version. I tested
> it on one of our OR-HSes, and it wasn't affected. (v3.7L)

Now how could an OR-U be affected? The COM-OS is so similar. I suppose its
possible, BUT... that is not the real issue. The REAL issue is how to set
up a filter to effectively BLOCK land attacks both incoming and outgoing.

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