Re: [dns-operations] [Ext] DNS Flag Day 2020 will become effective on 2020-10-01

2020-09-16 Thread Jeremy Harris
On 16/09/2020 09:11, Mark Andrews wrote:
> There are a number of issues.

> Stupid firewalls that block PTB messages.  Solution, fragment at network MTU.

Let me rephrase that for you:  "Solution, fragment at network MTU (a
value that you cannot efficiently discover)."

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Re: [dns-operations] root? we don't need no stinkin' root!

2019-11-29 Thread Jeremy Harris
On 29/11/2019 19:34, Tony Finch wrote:
> Attackers can get a small amplification from SYN/ACK retries, and this is
> being used in the wild.
> 
> https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/new-ddos-attacks-leverage-tcp-amplification-/d/d-id/1336339

This isn't small.  It'd be good to know _what_ is so broken:

"many devices on the Internet can be manipulated to retransmit more than
5,000 SYN-ACK packets in 60 seconds"

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