[j-nsp] stealth bgp vulnerability?

Paul Goyette pgoyette at juniper.net
Tue Apr 20 15:41:51 EDT 2004


>Is [PSN-2004-04-008] the "secret BGP exploit" that was discussed??

Yes


>According to the bulletin, software built after March 1, 2004 are not 
>affected. What did Juniper do? Increase the TCP ISN pool?

An Internet draft is/will-soon-be posted describing the changes to the
TCP stack.  Sorry, I don't have a URL.

To activate these changes, configure

	set system tcp-ack-rst-syn

This is a hidden knob so you have to type the whole thing out.


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