On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 5:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What you wrote...
please note that is not my post on that site; i merely link to it. thanks. > Why flood with dest unreachables when your goal is to answer before > the nameserver? if the nameserver is "down", you no longer need to race against it. > Meaning it is a remote timing based attack... sure. the bigger question is how large the temporal window of opportunity. if you have a large window, practical attacks become widely possible. a small niche and you're dealing with mostly theoretical impact. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
