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[SCTP-Discussion] RE: [Tsvwg] Possible DoS in SCTP ? (was: reception of invalid parameters)

From: <john.loughney AT nokia.com>
To: <ajung AT exp-math.uni-essen.de>, <randall AT stewart.chicago.il.us>
Cc: <discussion AT sctp.de>, <thomas.hollaus AT siemens.at>, <tsvwg AT ietf.org>
Subject: [SCTP-Discussion] RE: [Tsvwg] Possible DoS in SCTP ? (was: reception of invalid parameters)
Date: Thu Feb 14 18:32:43 2002
List-id: SCTP Discussions <discussion.sctp.de>

Hi Andreas,

> Now, if E can use V, it could send such packets to a large number
> of servers. And then V gets bombed with Aborts.
>
> I agree fully, that an established association is safe, but that
> was not the issue I was thinking about. Comments ?

If V does not have established SCTP associations, it will just ignore
the aborts. If it does have established associations, it will need
to at least check to see if it is concerned about the Aborts. This
will steal some cycles, but is this a really big threat?

John

[SCTP-Discussion] RE: [Tsvwg] Possible DoS in SCTP ? (was: reception of invalid parameters), john.loughney, 02/14/2002
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- [SCTP-Discussion] RE: [Tsvwg] Possible DoS in SCTP ? (was: reception of invalid parameters), Ivan.Arias-Rodriguez, 02/14/2002

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