TCP/IP Header Bit Added to Improve Security

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TCP/IP Header Bit Added to Improve Security

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday April 1, 2003 @11:20AM 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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FP! by MeanMF · 2003-04-01 11:21 · Score: 5, Funny

Fifth Post!
1. Re:FP! by MeanMF · 2003-04-01 11:28 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  That was sooo not off-topic..
2. Re:FP! by frodo+from+middle+ea · 2003-04-01 12:05 · 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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Someone... by Exitthree · 2003-04-01 11:22 · Score: 2, Funny

...needs to mark Taco's new articles with the Evil Bit to cut down on dupes...
wow. by Wakko+Warner · 2003-04-01 11:23 · 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 · 2003-04-01 11:46 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Did you feel your hair rustle when the joke flew over your head?
  
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2. Re:wow. by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2003-04-01 11:59 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  You're looking at this from the wrong perspective!
  
  I think it more than likely has got something to do with Taco genuinely LOATHING the admin of rfc-editor.org and thus wants to drive him into financial despair by slashdotting his site five time over...
  
  ... or something else.
  
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Enjoy the comedy by shazbotus · 2003-04-01 11:23 · Score: 4, Insightful

Hey man, its April Fools Day, take it all in and enjoy it. We need it nowadays more than ever.
Hrmmm by Judg3 · 2003-04-01 11:23 · 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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And some people *pay* for this?? by WD · 2003-04-01 11:23 · 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 nacs · 2003-04-01 11:43 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  This is moderated +5 Funny but it really should be "Insightful". I would donate to this site just as I have for many other sites if it weren't for the sheer idiocy that is sometimes displayed by the editors here.
  
  This was funny the first couple times but now it's just pathetic.
  
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2. Re:And some people *pay* for this?? by Planesdragon · 2003-04-01 12:46 · 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. ;)
New /. Slogan by dark-br · 2003-04-01 11:24 · Score: 5, Funny

News for the amnesiac. Stuff that mattered.
1. Re:New /. Slogan by commodoresloat · 2003-04-01 11:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Did I tell you about this "evil" bit already? Sorry about that. See, I've got this condition....
Damnit by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-01 11:24 · Score: 2, Funny

# 2003-04-01 19:36:47 New RFC solves security problems (articles,security) (rejected)
This is old by ChicoLance · 2003-04-01 11:25 · Score: 2, Interesting

I've been subscribed to Slashdot since the option became available, and I check this site all of the time.

But *five* times! This really isn't funny, and it holding back from any ligitamate news stories.

Should I be regretting my subscription money?

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1. Re:This is old by feed_me_cereal · 2003-04-01 11:46 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  I've been subscribed to Slashdot since the option became available, and I check this site all of the time.
  
  But *five* times! This really isn't funny, and it holding back from any ligitamate news stories.
  
  Should I be regretting my subscription money?
  
  Jesus christ, where did all these whiny little fucking brats come from? What a meager threat. I hope you do neglect to spend your $5 on a slashdot subscription in the future so I don't need to see you nailing yourself to a fucking cross on april fucking fools day. Actually, why don't you stop visiting all together so that this kind of crap doesn't hold back from any legitimate comments.
  
  I've also been subscribed to slashdot since the availibility of the option, and I intend to keep it despite any bad jokes by Taco. I think it's kind of ironic anyway, being that Taco is doing this because of all the whining and complaining people chuck at him about dupes.
  
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How can I... by Mantorp · 2003-04-01 11:25 · Score: 2, Funny

mod the story down?
Re:It's a... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · 2003-04-01 11:26 · Score: 2, Funny

Quipes your enquish is tewible.

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the David Letterman school of comedy by geekoid · 2003-04-01 11:27 · Score: 4, Insightful

just repeat the same joke over and over,until its funny.

Personally, I think doing this all day is funny, especially since that is the joke.

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1. Re:the David Letterman school of comedy by GRH · 2003-04-01 11:47 · 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
Pure Evil by Ken@WearableTech · 2003-04-01 11:28 · 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.
I like where this is going... by pyro_peter_911 · 2003-04-01 11:31 · 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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God dammit Taco by Pharmboy · 2003-04-01 11:31 · 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 · 2003-04-01 11:36 · 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 · 2003-04-01 12:26 · 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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Eh? by neurostar · 2003-04-01 11:32 · 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"
Again. Again - Again ! by valkraider · 2003-04-01 11:33 · Score: 4, Insightful

I was going to post something witty, repeated 5 times. But I got this message:

Your comment violated the "postercomment" compression filter. Try less whitespace and/or less repetition. Comment aborted.

Maybe this same filter should apply to stories, eh? Yet I have a ton of "denied" stories that are about actual important, interesting, relevant stuff - with links and resources and everything. I could just make up poop and it would get the front page 5 times!
Breaking News!: RFC 3514 and Repeat Were In A Boat by PipianJ · 2003-04-01 11:34 · Score: 2, Funny

RFC 3514 fell out. Who was left in the boat?
Spam by The+Bungi · 2003-04-01 11:40 · 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.
lighten up by syrinx · 2003-04-01 11:41 · Score: 4, Insightful

I found this highly amusing. Lighten up everybody, you can return to your regularly scheduled "Linux crypto hackers open-sourced the BSD Microsoft monopoly!" posts tomorrow.

(quote courtesy PA, of course.)

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Re:2nd by athakur999 · 2003-04-01 11:41 · 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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Stale repeat by ukoda · 2003-04-01 11:47 · Score: 2, Insightful

The repeats may be annoying but for some of us 1st April was yesterday making it 'off topic' as well. How about some of that 'News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.' ?
Re:come on now by MattCohn.com · 2003-04-01 11:49 · 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)...
Call the authorities! by yellowstone · 2003-04-01 11:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Slashdot is experiencing a Denial-of-content attack!

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New Subscription Model by commodoresloat · 2003-04-01 11:56 · 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....
Eventually... by lost+sheep · 2003-04-01 12:02 · Score: 2, Funny

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

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New Poll Options!!! by xchino · 2003-04-01 12:09 · 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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fnord by Mr+Z · 2003-04-01 12:15 · Score: 2, Insightful

Wow... this massive reposting was actually predicted earlier in an unrelated story!

Spooky, I tell you. ;-)

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Is this really a joke? by maddskillz · 2003-04-01 12:19 · Score: 2, Insightful

Most people would assume that the multiple posting of this story is an April Fool's joke, but given the quaility of the editing here lately, I have my doubts
Hey, I thought it was April Fools' Day by thelenm · 2003-04-01 12:33 · 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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and again and again by EpsCylonB · 2003-04-01 12:50 · Score: 4, Funny

we are at war with oceania, we have always been at war with oceania.
Re:It's a... MmmmMONSTER DUPE dupe... by saskboy · 2003-04-01 12:56 · 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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Re:Taco is an idiot by randyest · 2003-04-01 13:17 · Score: 2, Insightful

you already do: avoid ./ on 4/1

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Happy Groundhog Day! by Kakurenbo+Shogun · 2003-04-01 13:48 · 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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Re:Bit 0! by ackthpt · 2003-04-01 16:35 · Score: 2, Interesting

[blah blah blah blah blah]
Sorry for the rant in this inane and pointless thread, but...wake up and smell the burning flesh, huh?
It's April Fools Day, here in the USA, a tradition of humor (as you may note, terribly needed at this current time) in pulling small pranks (your shoe is untied, spider on your shoulder, etc.) The real fools are either in Washington D.C. or elected this batch of extremists (good/evil, with us or against us, willing to kill women and children vs. willing to kill women and children)
Whatever, eh? The dig at the french is in humor, which apparently eluded you. I love the french and respect them (and the germans, too) for standing up to the bunch of coldwarriors who called them names and launched the war. Don't pity us yet, you'll have years to do that, as the people whose blood is boiling over this plot their revenge against us. It's all so stupid. Perhaps April Fools Day is more appropriat than ever.

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