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| This kind of attack produces an authentication failure, since an illegitimate principal has gained access to the system. A solution to this vulnerability involves the use of random initial sequence numbers on packets to prevent malicious hosts like X from being able to predict what other nodes will send in response to user requests. | This kind of attack produces an authentication failure, since an illegitimate principal has gained access to the system. A solution to this vulnerability involves the use of random initial sequence numbers on packets to prevent malicious hosts like X from being able to predict what other nodes will send in response to user requests. | ||
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| + | Here is an unofficial list of [[http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2005/11/69355?currentPage=all|History's worst Software Bugs]] | ||
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| + | A few bugs that are of particular interest to this discussion include the [[http://snowplow.org/tom/worm/worm.html|Morris Internet Worm]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_of_death|Ping of Death]] | ||
| ==== Example Scenario with Web Server ==== | ==== Example Scenario with Web Server ==== | ||
