Markoff/NYT on IP spoofing

[Perry E. Metzger]

"Brian A. LaMacchia" says:
> John Markoff writes in Monday's New York Times about a rash of computer
> security breaches using IP spoofing to penetrate routers and firewalls.
> That's all the technical info I coudld glean from the story; CERT is
> supposed to "make an announcement" later today and tell us what brands
> of routers can and cannot be modified to defend against this type of
> attack. 

The attack is far worse than described in the Times. Markoff didn't
quite understand the full ramifications, or perhaps people weren't
telling him the full story. Its *NOT* just IP spoofing.

Perry