Re: TCPwrappers race condition

[john () KUWAIT NET (John W. Temples)]

On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Although the time window can be made *smaller* by using results
> from accept() instead of getpeername(), the time window can be
> eliminated only by changing the kernel so that it does not destroy
> the protocol control block when the connection is reset by the
> peer.

If accept() does return without an error, why would you not have
the address? Thus where is the time window?

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