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SubjectRe: Linux 2.2.x ISN Vulnerability
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Hello!

> With the typo-bug fixed, the random part of the secret would be unknown.
> So in the bug-free case (aka pre-2.2.13/2.3.18ac8), the attacker can't
> know the whole secret,

It can. Reread the report.

The bug was that remote destination was ignored in calculating
seqno, so that all the destinations shared one secret.

Alexey

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