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TCP ISN

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Description: TCP features ISN ( Initial Sequence Number Selection ) that is used by the protocol to identify duplicate segments in data. If ISN is not random enough, it can be used to create spoofing attacks. Read RFC 1948 Defending Against Sequence Number Attacks" at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1948.txt.


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