<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/linux-tcp-packet-hacking.html">https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/linux-tcp-packet-hacking.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Other stories related to this last night.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My read last night was Disturbing because it says it can be used to disrupt even ssh/sftp/https connections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although it says it is in the 3.6 kernel and later it appears some earlier kernels for RedHat (and therefore CentOS and other derivatives) are affected. RedHat says all RHEL6.5 and above and RHEL 7. Earlier versions they say are not
affected. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There is a mitigation in the story which is the same being suggested by RedHat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jeffrey C. Lightner</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sr. UNIX/Linux Administrator</span></i><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">DS Services of America, Inc.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Suite
<i>600 N</i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Atlanta, GA 30339-8461</span><span lang="PT" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">P:
<i>678-486-3516<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">C:
<i>678-772-0018</i></span><span lang="PT" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">F:
<i>678-460-3603</i></span><span lang="PT" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="PT" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">E:
<i><a href="mailto:jlightner@dsservices.com"><span style="color:blue">jlightner@dsservices.com</span></a></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
<p style="font-size:10pt; line-height:10pt; font-family: 'Arial','times roman',serif;">
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information
is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you
</p>
<span style="padding-top:10px; font-weight:color:#CC0000; font-size:10pt; font-family: 'Arial',Arial,sans-serif; ">
<p></p>
</span><br>
<br>
<div></div>
</body>
</html>