Re: Kiss-o'-death packets?

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam () noc everquick net>]

PG> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 19:40:04 +0100
PG> From: Peter Galbavy


PG> No, please do not twist my words; I referrred to poor
PG> implementations of good ideas. Nowhere did I say that the
PG> protocol is bad as a result of poor implementations.

You warned of the hazards of poor implementation.  Fine.  How did
this address Sean's comments?  It seemed as if your post intended
to address an additional hazard.  However, _all_ protocol stacks
require proper validity checks.  This isn't unique to { icmp
buggeroff | whatever } messages.


Eddy
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