On Thu, 9 Sep 2010, Fernando Gont wrote:
Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
Last I checked, the standards said that if precedence/dscp changed, the
host should reset the session (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't really
have time to check it right now).
You're right. And it doesn't make sense. See Section 11.1.4 of
http://www.gont.com.ar/papers/tn-03-09-security-assessment-TCP.pdf
Yes, it doesn't make sense, and luckily nobody (as far as I've been able
to discern) actually follows this part. So even though it might still be
in the standard, it's not a real-world problem.
So whatever happens, please make the flow label something that can be
changed without any adverse reaction from the end system.
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swm...@swm.pp.se
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