Re: [PATCH] ip_fragment.c and related, kernel 2.0.34 - Allows ,

Krzysztof G. Baranowski (kgb@manjak.knm.org.pl)
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 10:37:13 +0200 (EEST)

On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, david wrote:
> > teardrop/IP fragmentation logging patch
> the reason why logging extra info on this has not been implemented before
> is because just about all exploits use spoofed src addresses. that makes
> logging the 'attacker' ips fairly useless to the admin and quite useful to
> the attacker because you're adding to the attack by flooding your log
> files.
You can just turn IP firewalling on. New ipchains code will block
and log the packets sent by teardrop.

Kris

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