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SubjectRe: Linux 2.2.x ISN Vulnerability

Hello Alexey, I take it that the patch you sent fixes this
condition ? JImL

On Sun, 26 Sep 1999 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
> 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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