Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294)

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 19:28:50 +1300


On Tue, Oct 20, 1998 at 08:10:52AM +0200, Erik Corry wrote:

> (Juanjo, who wrote the original dyn_addr hack suggested
> we send out 'forged' RST packets to close the other
> end down, which would be friendly, but non-conformant.
> I like the idea, though I don't know how many users would
> want to spend a phone unit on it each time).

It doesn't work when the NAS puts ACLs on dialup connections to stop
people spoofing packets.

-cw

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