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Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems
From: Sam Stickland <sam_mailinglists () spacething org>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 17:11:23 +0000
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 2:00 AM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:
If it's inappropriately placed in front of servers, where's there's no state to inspect and were the stateful nature of the device in and of itself forms a DoS vector, it has negative security value; i.e., it makes things far worse.
Roland, I'm missing something here. Why do you say there is zero state at the server, but the not at the client? (Because of all the servers TCP/UDP ports are well known perhaps?) Sam
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- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems, (continued)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Jack Bates (Jan 11)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Joel Jaeggli (Jan 25)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Owen DeLong (Jan 11)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Jima (Jan 12)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Ted Fischer (Jan 12)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Owen DeLong (Jan 12)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Dobbins, Roland (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems William Herrin (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Dobbins, Roland (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems William Herrin (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Sam Stickland (Jan 08)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Dobbins, Roland (Jan 08)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Jeff Wheeler (Jan 06)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems sthaug (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Devon True (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Randy McAnally (Jan 07)
- Re: IPv6 - real vs theoretical problems Owen DeLong (Jan 07)