Re: RFC2385 (MD5 signature in TCP packets) support

David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 15:11:39 -0800


On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:53:06 -0800 (PST), David S. Miller wrote:

>There is no reason to not be doing this MD5 garbage in
>userspace. Whoever thought to do this in the protocol
>itself was smoking something.

This same argument would apply to TCP itself, wouldn't it?

>Maybe I'm missing something, but I see no reason this MD5
>stuff belongs in the protocol and not in the APP.

How can a TCP-using application authenticate a RST?

DS

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