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		mlyle on May 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tosh: Changing your SSH server's listen address ev... There is a benefit from this "half-assed" encrypted transport, though-- someone in the middle who can inject packets can't disrupt your connection.

tptacek on May 23, 2021 [–]

Whatever they did to get into a vantage point where they can predict sequence numbers gives them a bunch of other tools to disrupt connectivity.

thomashabets2 on May 23, 2021 | | [–]

Aside from DDoS, no not really. Not if every single accepted packet needs to be signed.

mlyle on May 23, 2021 | | [–]

Perhaps, perhaps not.

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