tcp "paranoid" settings in the default install (was: Release update)
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- Subject: tcp "paranoid" settings in the default install (was: Release update)
- From: Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de>
- Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 08:00:41 +0200
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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 09:28:42 -0800, Adam McKenna <adam@flounder.net>
wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:21:51AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
>> Funny. As with Steve's example, we don't enforce any policy regarding tcp.
>> We used to have a "PARANOID" one, but now we don't even do that.
>
>Good. TCP "paranoid" setting does nothing for security.
Can you elaborate on this?
Greetings
Marc
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