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

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

  5. 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....

  6. 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.

  7. 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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  8. 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"

  9. 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.

  10. 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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    "People that quote themselves in their signatures bother me" - athakur999
  11. Call the authorities! by yellowstone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is experiencing a Denial-of-content attack!

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    150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for slashdot.sig (129323052 bytes).
  12. 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....

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

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