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Title : TCP Stealth
Authors : Julian Kirsch
Christian Grothoff
Jacob Appelbaum
Holger Kenn
Filename : draft-kirsch-ietf-tcp-stealth-00.txt
Pages : 9
Date : 2014-08-14
Abstract:
TCP servers are visible on the Internet to unauthorized clients, as
the existence of a TCP server is leaked in the TCP handshake before
applications have a chance to authenticate the client.
We present a small modification to the initial TCP handshake that
allows TCP clients to replace the TCP ISN in the TCP SYN packet with
an authorization token. Based on this information, TCP servers may
then chose to obscure their presence from unauthorized TCP clients.
This RFC documents the specific method for calculating the
authorization token to ensure interoperability and to minimize
interference by middleboxes. Mandating support for this method in
operating system TCP/IP implementation will ensure that clients can
connect to TCP servers protected by this method.
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https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kirsch-ietf-tcp-stealth/
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