Groundbreaking security RFC
Posted in Security on April 1st, 2003 Comments Off
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.”
My favourite bit:
“Multi-level insecure operating systems may have special levels for attack programs; the […]