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Evil Bit Added to TCP/IP Packets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-thats-a-good-idea dept.

Absolut Ralts notes that " RFC 3514 is now available. It provides for an additional so called 'Evil Bit' that can be used to determine the nature of the TCP/IP packet. This should vastly simplify networking and internet security, and prevent the beepers of tired sysadmins from going off and interfering with Warcraft III!"

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  1. Clever by _bug_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Post a dupe and get away with it by posting another and chalk it up to April Fool's day.

    Very clever.

    And you would have gotten away with it too! Had it not been for those meddlesome kids.

  2. Hmmmm.... by reddeno · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's going to be a long day...

  3. reminds me of the time when by theLime · · Score: 5, Funny

    OH ITS A DUPE OH MAN WHY CAN'T TACO READ HIS OWN POSTS YOU WOULD THINK THIS IMPORTANT SITE WOULD BE RUN BY PEOPLE WHO KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS /. AND *THINK* FOR A SECOND GOD THIS TOTALLY INVALIDATES SLASHDOT IN MY EYES OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE AMATEURS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD ANY REAL RESPONSIBILITY JEEZE AT LEAST LOOK DOWN 3 OR 4 POSTS BEFORE YOU CLICK SUBMIT AAAAAA BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH I LOVE TO HEAR MYSELF TALK IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT *BONK* OW JESUS WHAT WAS THAT

    *sigh*. I was going to leave it at that, but the /. 'lameness filter' wont let it go through. Putting all of this normal text down here at the bottom really takes something away from the knee-jerk idiot image i was trying to portray, but oh well, I guess you all get the idea.