Re: Terrapin

Peter Gutmann <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:15:41 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.secsh
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Mouse <[email protected]> writes:=0A=0A>But then, I don't like MSG=
_UNIMPLEMENTED to begin with; an unrecognized=0A>message type byte, to me, =
indicates a severe bug in at least one end.  I=0A>consider tearing down the=
 connection a much more appropriate response in=0A>general. That's what my =
implementation does.=0A=0ASame here.  If you're sending me something I don'=
t recognise, I'm not going to=0Astart a conversation about what you might f=
eel like sending, I'm going to drop=0Athe connection, both because I have n=
o idea what form such a conversation=0Awould take and because if the other =
side can trigger a back-and-forth like=0Athat then it's just more attack su=
rface being opened up.=0A=0APeter.