Re: tcp vulnerability? haven't seen anything on it here...

[Giuliano Pochini]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, jamal wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 04:23, Giuliano Pochini wrote:
>
> > Yes, but it is possible, expecially for long sessions.
>
> In other words, 80% or more of internet traffic would not be affected
> still using http1.0 would not be affected.
> And for something like a huge download to just regular joe, this is more
> of a nuisance assuming some kiddie has access between you and the
> server.

No, TCP/IP is 100% vulnerable to the man-in-the-middle attach. There is no
cure for that. Some devices or softwares called "firewall" are designed to
cut or to modify connections. :)
This vulnerability is about external attacks.


--
Giuliano.
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