root? we don't need no stinkin' root!

[Tom Ivar Helbekkmo]

Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at> writes:

> Attackers can get a small amplification from SYN/ACK retries, and this
> is being used in the wild.

Can you actually implement a TCP stack without that possibility?

-tih
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