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Lots of netowkr equipment use TCP Sequence Randomization to protect the network from spoofing attacks. But how is this done because if the sequence is in random, the attacker intsead of guessing the next sequence number, he will just apply a random number and it works

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by rcc

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I believe you are missing the whole point. If the sequence is RANDOM, then trying to match it by using another RANDOM generated sequence it will only DECREASE the chances.
"Results found for: random number generator
A program routine that produces a random number. Random numbers are created easily in a computer, since there are many random events that take place; for example, the duration between keystrokes. Only a few milliseconds' difference is enough to seed a random number generation routine with a different number each time. Once seeded, an algorithm computes different numbers throughout the session."

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Radu

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