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TCP/IP Header Bit Added to Improve Security

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-routers dept.

J0e 1337 wrote in to tell us about a recent development in the TCP/IP header RFC. He says "According to the just-released RFC, conveniently labeled number 3514 for easy rememberance, a new bit will be added to enhance security. This new evil bit will make it possible to route based on the evil status of any given packet. It's about TIme!!" You might want to read A Related Slashdot Story in order to more fully understand the scope of this exciting new RFC.

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  1. FP! by MeanMF · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fifth Post!

    1. Re:FP! by MeanMF · · Score: 4, Funny

      That was sooo not off-topic..

    2. Re:FP! by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 3, Funny

      In soviet russia you fool april.
       Goddamnit, its fifth post for cryst's sake, I should be legally entitled to be offtopic, redundant, troll and not get modded down.
      And even if you mod me down, i'll recover my karma by posting something funny in the 6th dupe.

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  2. Please, for the love of god by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Stop it. Stop it now. Post something funny like this.

  3. Someone... by Exitthree · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...needs to mark Taco's new articles with the Evil Bit to cut down on dupes...

  4. wow. by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who's your hookup, Rob, and can I get some of what he's getting you?

    I know they talk about short-term memory loss, but this is out of hand.

    - A.P.

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    1. Re:wow. by swv3752 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did you feel your hair rustle when the joke flew over your head?

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  5. Hrmmm by Judg3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think Taco is trying to tell us something, but for the love of me I don't know what it is.

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  6. And some people *pay* for this?? by WD · · Score: 5, Funny

    It sure looks like the Slashdot subscribers are getting their money's worth!

    1. Re:And some people *pay* for this?? by Planesdragon · · Score: 2, Funny

      You will come and go. I will not.

      Couldn't you, though, just for one day?

      Oh, I don't know. How about April 1? Sounds like a good time to take a vacation from /. for you. ;)

  7. New /. Slogan by dark-br · · Score: 5, Funny

    News for the amnesiac. Stuff that mattered.

    1. Re:New /. Slogan by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did I tell you about this "evil" bit already? Sorry about that. See, I've got this condition....

  8. Sort of like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    For Taco this must be sort of be like kicking over an anthill and watching all the angry ants swarm around looking for something to attack.

  9. Damnit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    # 2003-04-01 19:36:47 New RFC solves security problems (articles,security) (rejected)

  10. How can I... by Mantorp · · Score: 2, Funny

    mod the story down?

  11. Re:It's a... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 2, Funny

    Quipes your enquish is tewible.

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  12. Pure Evil by Ken@WearableTech · · Score: 4, Funny

    I checked the packets that brought this story to me and you guessed it they are EVIL. I'm going to the local Christian Bookstore to buy some holy firewall software, I'm then going to ask my priest to bless it. That will stop the EVIL packets from corrupting my computer.

  13. I like where this is going... by pyro_peter_911 · · Score: 4, Funny

    We should all be able to get in a First Post on this topic before the day is over.

    Peter

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  14. God dammit Taco by Pharmboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Read your own fucking site every now and then. This piece of shit story wasn't very funny the first time it was posted. Or the second. Or the third......

    Mod me down, I got it to burn. Fact is, I'm right. Rude, but right. This is fucking rediculous.

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    1. Re:God dammit Taco by Ageless · · Score: 3, Funny

      Do you seriously think he's not noticing this as he does it? It's a giant mistake? You are aware of the date and it's significance right?

    2. Re:God dammit Taco by Pharmboy · · Score: 2, Funny

      This IS /.

      So many posts are dupes.

      Several have been multiple dupes.

      The fact that someone had done one what I had counted as 4 times (maybe 5) is not beyond /.

      If it was on purpose, it wasn't funny really, just lame. Not even amusing. So what does April Fools have to do with it? I can see him duping it on purpose, yea, but $10 says he didn't see it was already duped several other times. You know how I know this? Because he and others dupe all the fucking time. Its pitiful.

      Its APRIL FOOLS day, not BE A LLAMA day. The key is to deceive, in a comical way. I don't see how this applies on either point. Its just lame.

      Besides, I'm tired. I get to overreact once a month for free. I am pretty sure thats in the FAQ somewhere....

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  15. Eh? by neurostar · · Score: 4, Funny

    funny or not funny, thats the question.

    Funny to who? I'm sure half of the /. crowd just pissed their pants. It went something like this:

    Loads /. ...

    User: Hey! That story has been on there 5 times!

    Scrolls Down...

    User: Fifth post?!

    Long pause...

    User: HA, HAHAHAA! Fifth Post! Like.. Fifth dupe! HAHAAHAH

    Looks down to see wet pants...

    User: :-/

    User starts to feel bad, then realizes he already is ignored by the women folk...

    Keeps on pissing...

    Continously Reloads /. hoping to see a 15th dupe, so he can get the "FP - Fifteenth Post"

  16. Breaking News!: RFC 3514 and Repeat Were In A Boat by PipianJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    RFC 3514 fell out. Who was left in the boat?

  17. Spam by The+Bungi · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm somehow reminded of the MP skit.

    SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! SPAM!!

    Except that this time it's:

    RFC EVIL BIT! RFC EVIL BIT! RFC EVIL BIT!

    Just when you thought it was safe to log into Slashdot...

    RFC EVIL BIT! RFC EVIL BIT! RFC EVIL BIT!

    I sense a new meme in the works, yes.

  18. Re:2nd by athakur999 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Each of the 5 bits that have been added is slightly different, due to differing views on good and evil.

    bit 1 - definately evil (contains pictures of dead babies being eaten by a man covered in feces)
    bit 2 - mostly evil (internal microsoft memo)
    bit 3 - pretty evil (download of a vi clone)
    bit 4 - kinda evil (how to enlarge your penis)
    bit 5 - just mischevious (b00bies)

    This allows administrators a fine grained ability to block packets.

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  19. Re:the David Letterman school of comedy by GRH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Any of you guys remember the "rake gag" on the Simpsons? (oh, make that The Thompsons [sorry to blow your cover, Homer])

    It went through the same progression:
    2nd rake (dupe): funny,
    3rd, 4th, 5th rake: dumb
    6th-20th rake: hilarious!

    If this keeps up, I'm going to gotten the square root of fsck-all done today!

    GRH

  20. Re:come on now by MattCohn.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's quite obvious that the server didn't get slashdotted the first time, so they are using april 1st as an excuse to try and try again (and again and again)...

  21. Call the authorities! by yellowstone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is experiencing a Denial-of-content attack!

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  22. New Subscription Model by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are some days I would pay to not be able to read slashdot at all! Subscribers could pay to have the "evil" bit set so their traffic is filtered out and all requests to slashdot.org result in a 404....

  23. Eventually... by lost+sheep · · Score: 2, Funny

    there'll be a murder and this madness will stop.

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  24. New Poll Options!!! by xchino · · Score: 3, Funny

    We need a new slashdot poll on what your favorite post this year has been, the options could go something like this.

    1. IPv4 "Evil" bit feild.
    2. RFC 3514 to tighten network security
    3. New security measures adpted to TCP/IP
    4. Remote Exploit found in Microsoft's implementation of RFC 3514
    5. CowboyNeal sets each packets evil bit by hand.

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  25. Hey, I thought it was April Fools' Day by thelenm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought today was April Fools Day! But I'm so disappointed, because I haven't noticed anything different about the site today, hmph.

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  26. and again and again by EpsCylonB · · Score: 4, Funny

    we are at war with oceania, we have always been at war with oceania.

  27. Re:It's a... MmmmMONSTER DUPE dupe... by saskboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think Taco's been playing too much Unreal and was going for the
    Monster Kill with this story...

    If I have to explain this joke to you all, then you must be Quake players.

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  28. Happy Groundhog Day! by Kakurenbo+Shogun · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ha, ha! It's Groundhog Day again! You have to read this same story over and over for the next six weeks!

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