Flaw in TCP leaves entire internet vunerable to attack

[FreshPrince]

If someone has access to CCO, hook a brother up. Download IOS12.3(6a) for IP and PM me plz! I need to update my routers ASAP

I can't believe they hosed my account :| I'm sitting in line for customer support...guess everyone is trying to update

 

[Rubicante]

Originally posted by: flexy
OMG...i see this already as the GREAT opportunity for 'lil Billy from Redmond to come up with his own version of TCP/Internet.

The he would finally have succeeded in also owning a monopoly on the internet protocol itself, what he always wanted...

Microsoft Corp. said it did not believe Windows users were too vulnerable and made no immediate plans to update its software.

Using Watson's technique to attack a computer running Windows "would not be something that would be easy to do," said Steve Lipner, Microsoft's director for security engineering strategy.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: cr4zymofo
Ohhh teh noooesss.... some one call Al Gore, quick!

It's all his fault.

 

[fs5]

Serious note: we think our network just got hit by this. a macintosh laptop (running OSX) was caught SYN flooding our network. I'm not a network admin so I don't know any more details.