Internet-Draft out about ICMP attacks against TCP
Posted February 1st, 2010 by admin
While this isn’t about VoIP, per se, there’s a new version of an Internet-Draft out, draft-ietf-tcpm-icmp-attacks, about how ICMP can be used to attack TCP. The abstract is:This document discusses the use of the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) to perform a variety of attacks against the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). Additionally, describes a number of widely implemented modifications to TCP’s handling of ICMP error messages that help to mitigate these issues.The document has been around in the IETF space since 2005, but is now moving further down the path toward being issued as an RFC. Seems to be a solid doc for people wanting to understand ICMP attacks.If you found this post interesting or helpful, please consider either subscribing via RSS or following VOIPSA on Twitter.






