You can't just use a random number generator. There are _strict_ rules about
sequence spaces keeping ordering. Otherwise your risk data corruption.
> old protocol suites. TCP Sequence numbers were never meant to be secure, a
> 32 bit number just cannot guarantee security at all. Later when the first
> spoofing vulnerabilities were discovered the reasons of the sequence
> number shifted from a "to order data" meaning to a "guarantee security"
> meaning.
Correct. You should be using encrypted IP. Unfortunately the US government
still puts its paranoia before its people's safety
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