Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues

From: Alan T DeKok <aland(at)freeradius(dot)org>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #5687: RADIUS Authentication issues
Date: 2010-10-03 06:58:46
Message-ID: 4CA829A6.8050506@freeradius.org
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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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