From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:40865cf2{at}w3.nls.net...
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>>OK I'll rephrase...how long & who have known it would only take 4
>>packets....?
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> Everyone on the expensive for pay security alerts lists.
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>>& as such I'm not sure that the bod who discovered this may have been
>>the first & whether various NSA/GCHQ/FSB etc types will be a bit annoyed
>>by this latest revelation.
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> It just allows resetting of connections, the types you talk about much
> prefer to divert traffic so they are into things like bgp route spoofing and
> such which is pretty easy if you have access to a trusted router. Remember
> back in 1995 or 1996 when some ISP in Mcclean VA rerouted half of europe
> thru their network? (odd that the spooks use that same access point in
> Mcclean VA isn't it?)
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> Geo.
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Indeed.

Adam

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