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MSS Initiative Makes Progress

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the doctor-heal-theyself dept.

Phil writes "The MSS Initiative was started by Richard van den Berg and myself to combat sites that are broken (enable Path MTU Discovery AND block ICMP 3,4) which include such big sites as SecurityFocus and CERT (causing those behind PPPoE and other less-than-1500-MTU-protocols to be unable to view the sites). This past week we were priveleged enough to be able to present a paper at the 16th LISA Systems Administration Conference! Check out the paper and slides and be sure, like many members of the audience, to fix the sites you administer!"

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  1. Don't see a problem by elgrinner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Both sites work with me. I have an MTU of 1492 and PPPoE.
    But if he says so, then I won't access them, due to the 'problem'...

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    1. Re:Don't see a problem by SavingPrivateNawak · · Score: 1, Funny

      It's the same for me
      I clicked on the CERT.org link and it did work...

      I really hope I didn't fix something, I can be so clumsy sometimes...

  2. Couldn't access either site by Qzukk · · Score: 1, Funny

    And here I was thinking that securityfocus and CERT had been rooted by script kiddies!

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  3. Anyone else... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...see the redundancy of creating a blacklist for networks you can't reach to begin with?

  4. Re:People who violate the rules of RFCs are JERKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    So to sum up your post: You're here, you're queer and you aren't going anywhere.

  5. Do I trust 5th grade grammer? by mnemotronic · · Score: 2, Funny
    (from the MSS Initiative page)
    ...notify sysadmins about the "brokenage" of their sites

    Please help me understand this initiative by not making up words. Yes, I can guess the meaning, but if that's the purpose (i.e. to keep the audience guessing) then why not just post random text? If the goal is to demonstrate you k3wlne55, then post in haCk15h. If the goal is to convey an idea, sway public opinion, convince a group of skeptics, form a consensus, and ultimately, build a coalition, you might want to consider restricting your phraseology to a more mainstream subset of English.

    This is only a suggestion.

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