Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alan T DeKok
Subject Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues
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Msg-id 4CA829A6.8050506@freeradius.org
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In response to Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> I think he's referring to the ability to flood the postgresql server
> with radius packets with spoofed IP source, correct?

  Yes.  Or, with any number of other "bad" packets.

> If we then looped
> until we got one that validated as a proper packet, we'd still be able
> to authenticate with that one, just throwing the invalid ones away.
> Notice how the "read packet" part is moved inside the loop in his
> suggestion.

  The patches from my previous message implements that.

  Alan DeKok.

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