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doc: clarify RST handling comment

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This clarifies the documentation around RST handling to document
the approach follows RFC 5961 and is not a standards violation
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Joel Cunningham 2017-04-21 09:24:08 -05:00
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commit ad779e5c9c
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@ -711,10 +711,10 @@ tcp_process(struct tcp_pcb *pcb)
acceptable = 1;
} else if (TCP_SEQ_BETWEEN(seqno, pcb->rcv_nxt,
pcb->rcv_nxt + pcb->rcv_wnd)) {
/* If the sequence number is inside the window, we only send an ACK
/* If the sequence number is inside the window, we send a challenge ACK
and wait for a re-send with matching sequence number.
This violates RFC 793, but is required to protection against
CVE-2004-0230 (RST spoofing attack). */
This follows RFC 5961 section 3.2 and addresses CVE-2004-0230
(RST spoofing attack), which is present in RFC 793 RST handling. */
tcp_ack_now(pcb);
}
}