Re: TCPwrappers race condition
John W. Temples (john@KUWAIT.NET)
Fri, 03 Oct 1997 23:06:50 +0300
On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Although the time window can be made *smaller* by using results
> from accept() instead of getpeername(), the time window can be
> eliminated only by changing the kernel so that it does not destroy
> the protocol control block when the connection is reset by the
> peer.
If accept() does return without an error, why would you not have
the address? Thus where is the time window?
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