Re: [DNG] Security news about TCP weakness

2016-08-11 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Simon Hobson (li...@thehobsons.co.uk): > As Arnt Karlsen mentioned in the Bootloaders thread, there a new twist > which is the result of a security fix > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/10/linux_tor_users_open_corrupted_communications/ > > In a bid to thwart the risk from

Re: [DNG] Security news about TCP weakness

2016-08-11 Thread Simon Hobson
I wrote: > Go Linux wrote: > >> For those of you so inclined. Is this important, old news or just academic >> posturing? > > I think it's all three ! > It looks very much related to a CVE from 2004 > https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2004-0230 OK, so

Re: [DNG] Security news about TCP weakness

2016-08-10 Thread Simon Hobson
Go Linux wrote: > For those of you so inclined. Is this important, old news or just academic > posturing? I think it's all three ! It looks very much related to a CVE from 2004 https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2004-0230 Fundamentally, if someone can

[DNG] Security news about TCP weakness

2016-08-10 Thread Go Linux
For those of you so inclined. Is this important, old news or just academic posturing? golinux -- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160809143253.htm Serious security threat to many Internet users highlighted Communications involving Linux