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RFC 3514: New Bit Defined for IPv4 Headers

Posted by jamie on from the SHOULD dept.

RFC 3514 was just released, with a new bit definition for use in the headers of IP packets. Because there are important security implications, anyone coding internet services (on either the client or server end) should probably take a look.

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  1. A couple of mirrors by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirror 1

    Mirror 2

    To lighten the load.

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    "BSD: Free as in speech. Linux: Free as in beer. Windows 10: Free as in herpes." --Man On Pink Corner in #52607549.
  2. Re:Nasty! by stevens · · Score: 5, Informative
    Is there a link explaining why they chose that theme?

    No link necessary. Matt's Script archive is well-known among Perl programmers as one of the densest collections of hole-ridden crappy code on the net.

    There's even a project to write secure, well-written clones of his scripts so the poor bastards stuck with his can drop-in something that won't allow remote exploits on their machine. :-)

  3. April 1st RFCs are always the most important... by Bradee-oh! · · Score: 5, Informative

    There may be some strange cosmic significance about April 1st, or just a series of amazing coincidences, but many RFCs published on April 1st are of amazing importance.

    Potentially devastating Y10k problem

    Lifesaving method to temporarily reroute ip in cause of equipment failure

    Protocol to guarantee software engineer productivity and efficiency

    Addressing ipv6 with incredible bandwidth savings

    Planning ahead to Star Trek technology with current protocols and infrastructure

    I don't even know what this one is about...

    And many, many more. Any self-respecting network engineer should be especially familiar with all April 1st RFCs, in my opinion...

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    "This is Zombo Com, and welcome to you who have come to Zombo Com" - www.zombo.com
  4. Re:Why computers crash, by Dr. Seuss by sinnergy · · Score: 3, Informative

    Please attribute properly :)

    http://people.cornell.edu/pages/elz1/clocktower/Dr Seuss.html

    The whole thing was created by Gene Ziegler. He gives a pretty good history of the poem as well as the full thing, which most people don't post.

  5. Previous April 1 RFCs by arvindn · · Score: 3, Informative
    There's a list here. I guess the most famous of them is the IP over avian carriers thing. On the subject of avians, google came out with a cool pigeonrank joke last year.

    Back to the RFCs: the list above doesn't seem exhaustive. I found some more: 12 networking truths RFC, telnet randomly lose option and Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol