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Re: Tiny fragments and IPv6

To: "Margaret Wasserman" <margaret@thingmagic.com>
Subject: Re: Tiny fragments and IPv6
From: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:17:34 -0500
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Cc: <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>, "'Vishwas Manral'" <Vishwas@sinett.com>
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It does happen in IPv4. Vishwas' concern is that the attack thathappens in IPv4 might happen in IPv6, and is wondering whether thereare best practices that we can discuss to minimize the impact.


On Nov 29, 2005, at 1:13 PM, Margaret Wasserman wrote:

Why is this an IPv6-specific problem? Is there a reason why thesame type
of attack does not work in IPv4?

References:
- RE: Tiny fragments and IPv6
  - From: "Margaret Wasserman" <margaret@thingmagic.com>

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