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Graphing Randomness in TCP Initial Sequence Numbers

Posted by michael on from the winning-lottery-numbers-in-there-somewhere dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "This is neat: Graphic visualization of how random TCP Initial Sequence Numbers really are for different OSs. It's a great way of seeing how secure a TCP stack really is. Cisco IOS is great; OS9, OpenVMS and IRIX aren't. Posted to the ever-lovin' BugTraq mailing list." This is a follow-up to the previous report.

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  1. Um, Why no Linux in the report by jmcnamera · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why isn't Linux tested in the report? Its certainly more common than many of the other selections.

    Should we assume Linux matches *BSD or some other flavor? or do I need to read more carefully :-)

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  2. Re:New TCP/IP flags by Tinfoil · · Score: 1, Troll

    Crap.. Who reads the FAQ's anyways.

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