Subject: Re: DoS using crafted ICMP "frag needed" packets
To: Jed Davis <jdev@panix.com>
From: Kevin Lahey <kml@patheticgeek.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/22/2005 06:06:13
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:57:44 +0000 (UTC)
jdev@panix.com (Jed Davis) wrote:
> In article <20050622004304.320663BFE99@berkshire.machshav.com>,
> Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> > Option 2 is probably best, but we may want to rethink the table. The
> > current values are based on more-or-less obsolete hardware.
>
> So... who wants to survey the modern Internet and publish a new RFC?
For a solution to the problem of untrustworthy probes and just a general
update of PMTUD stuff, see:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pmtud-method-04.txt
Kevin
kml@patheticgeek.com