[6bone] Headsup: Block messaging over IPv6 options

[Todd T. Fries]

The `security alert' in question comes from putting data in a packet,
transmitting it, and receiving that data.  The floor rolling is being done
by those of us who understand that to be the basic tennent of those who
use the internet.

In all seriousness, I guess they're actually concerned about the 'do not
inspect' flag and thinking firewalls will actually obey this incase someone
uses that data to put something they wish to bypass the firewall with.
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(last updated 2003/03/13 07:14:10)

Penned by Gregg C Levine on Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:44:49AM -0400, we have:
| Hello from Gregg C Levine
| I think I am lost. Would one of you, or any of you, please elaborate?
| I looked at the website. It seems to be an almost professional outfit,
| which seems to think they need a registration to allow the interested
| party to view what they are intending to do regarding the concepts. I
| don't follow their line of reasoning.
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| Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon@worldnet.att.net
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| 
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: 6bone-admin@mailman.isi.edu
| [mailto:6bone-admin@mailman.isi.edu] On
| > Behalf Of Francis Dupont
| > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 7:58 AM
| > To: Hank Nussbacher
| > Cc: first-teams@first.org; 6bone@ISI.EDU
| > Subject: Re: [6bone] Headsup: Block messaging over IPv6 options
| > 
| >  In your previous mail you wrote:
| > 
| >
| http://www.checkpoint.com/securitycenter/advisories/2003/cpai-2003-22.
| html
| > 
| > => Oh! If we need another bigger covert channel I can propose the
| > transport payload... Is the advisory a joke or someone announced
| > the IPv6 support when he was at the bottom of the learning curve?
| > 
| > Francis.Dupont@enst-bretagne.fr
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