> This attack is specific to LINUX. On UNIX systems with a BSD TCP/IP > protocol stack, the accept() call does not return until the three-way > handshake completes. > > Please do not blame Sendmail for every problem in the world. The fact the sendmail people have been aware of this for over 2 years and refused to consider putting a Linux case in for existing Linux installations speaks volumes however. And yes Linux 2.1.x matches BSD behaviour here. Alan, still waiting for POSIX to finish standardising the socket API.
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