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Subject: Re: ICC seems to have been exploited

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 20:51:52 09/10/04

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On September 09, 2004 at 23:58:44, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On September 09, 2004 at 00:03:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>It's a yawn in that the weaknesses have been known for a long time.  There are
>>solutions to much of the problem, using the sort of challenge-response stuff
>>used in ssh (secure shell) access.  But artificial lag is simply impossible to
>>get rid of...
>
>What about capping the lag adjustment?


Ever seen cases on ICC where the lag was averaging 30 seconds and up?  It
happens on congestion in the northeast on the NSF backbone...



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