Linux TCP flaw lets 'anyone' hijack Internet traffic | Linux Today

Linux TCP flaw lets ‘anyone’ hijack Internet traffic

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Aug 12, 2016

What started as an attempt to secure TCP/IP in Linux ended up enabling an attack vector that can be used to break, or even hijack, Internet connections between Linux and Android systems.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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