Retro attack gets new life, worries browser makers

Retro attack gets new life, worries browser makers
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2007-08-06

LAS VEGAS -- On a summer day seven weeks ago, a small group of software architects and network engineers descended on Stanford University, worried.

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Retro attack gets new life, worries browser makers 2007-08-06
Dan Rabinowitz (1 replies)

Re: Retro attack gets new life, worries browser makers 2007-08-12
!firewall

I think they should have said IPS/IDS but the line is blurring. You may be able to configure a rule/signature on a firewall that can do full protocol inspection. Most "stateful inspection" packet filters won't give you this granularity though as you point out.

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I guess it's time to move to Lynx on OpenBSD! 2007-08-07
Anonymous (1 replies)

Re: I guess it's time to move to Lynx on OpenBSD! 2007-08-08
Anonymous

But it will take 3 years ofr the bad ..... are you kidding ? 2007-08-09
Anonymous