RFC - 3514
The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header
| Original: | ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3514.txt |
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| Authors: | S. Bellovin [AT&T Labs Research] |
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| Category: | Informational |
| Referred by: | 2 RFC |
| Refers to: | 6 RFC |
Status
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
Firewalls, packet filters, intrusion detection systems, and the like often have difficulty distinguishing between packets that have malicious intent and those that are merely unusual. We define a security flag in the IPv4 header as a means of distinguishing the two cases.
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prepared by Miloslav Nic
- the founder of Zvon.org and Law-Ref.org
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- and Pavel Srb, a student of B.Sc. program Informatics and chemistry