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Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw

From Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw
Date 2016-08-11 22:10 +0200
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:31:37 +0100
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:


> 
> I copied and pasted the commands exactly, and ran them as root, and
> got an echo of net.ipv4.tcp_challenge_ack_limit = 999999999 in
> response to the first and a blank return in response to the second.
> I don't know the significance.
> 

Go and read /proc/net/ipv4... and it should show the changed value.

I believe the echo means it worked. I also believe it needs to be added
to /etc/sysctl.conf (without the 'sysctl -p') to be redone on boot. It
seems to affect every current Debian up to sid.

-- 
Joe

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(OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 18:00 +0200
  Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 18:30 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 18:50 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> - 2016-08-12 23:40 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 11:10 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 17:20 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-13 17:20 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 11:20 +0200
  Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 18:40 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-11 19:30 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
    Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2016-08-11 19:10 +0200
      Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 20:00 +0200
        Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-08-11 20:50 +0200
          Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-11 21:10 +0200
            Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 21:40 +0200
              Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-08-11 22:10 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 22:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-08-11 22:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 00:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Bob Weber <bobrweber@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 00:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 11:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 12:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 12:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 13:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-08-12 22:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 14:30 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-12 16:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-08-12 17:00 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-08-12 17:20 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-08-12 17:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-08-12 17:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2016-08-12 18:40 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-08-12 18:10 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 18:00 +0200
                The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 01:10 +0200
                Re: The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-13 05:20 +0200
                Re: The Debian/Ubuntu/Mint installer was Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-08-13 10:50 +0200
                Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 05:00 +0200
              Re: (OT kinda) Newly-discovered TCP flaw Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-08-12 04:50 +0200

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