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IPv4 Headers Investigated

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-makes-a-lot-of-sense dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New security measures are being suggested (see RFC 3514) for the IPv4 header. The measures include a bit that can be set and unset according to whether the packet is secure or not. Due to the important security implications, anyone coding client/server internet applications might want to take a look."

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  1. modern methods to the rescue by iggymanz · · Score: 3, Interesting

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