On Sunday 14 August 2016 04:44:49 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 13.08.16 14:03, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings; > > > > It seems the kernel we are using for the latest installs, is subject > > to an attack as outlined in CVE-2016-5696, a serious flaw in the tcp > > protocol. A long standing bug introduced at kernel 3.2, & just now > > publicized. > > Many thanks Gene. Made the edit when you first alluded to it on the > 12th. An effortless tweak with useful benefits. I think the story on > LWN is still "subscribers only" until Thursday? > > Erik > LWN, since they went subscribers only, has fallen off my radar as its become less and less germane to my daily info suckage. Probably 2 years since I last visited their site now. I don't now recall where I first saw it, but that story had links to the original researchers page at UC-R, which is where I got the suggested fix until our kernel catches up, if it ever does. The /. story wasn't until the next day. I am glad you did it.
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