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Subject:	Re: Encrypted data across national boundaries
From:	paul @ hawksbill . sprintmrn . com (Paul Ferguson)
Date:	Sun, 13 Aug 1995 20:21:28 -0500 (EST)
To:	adept @ minerva . cis . yale . edu (Ben)
Cc:	firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to:	<199508132329 . AA08303 @ minerva . cis . yale . edu> from "Ben" at Aug 13, 95 07:29:42 pm

> 
> At 10:33 PM 8/12/95 -0500, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> 
> >Encryption doesn't protect against TCP hijacking. Disconnection does.
> 
> Why wouldn't it?
>

It can still be hijacked, nonetheless, the equivalent of a denial
of service attack. Encryption simply protects the data in the stream.

:-)

- paul

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