quicwg/ops-drafts

Section 4.7 and Informative References (comment 15)

LPardue opened this issue · 1 comments

Section 4.7 and Informative References: We have updated the term "syncookies" to "SYN cookies" and have corrected its reference. Please let us know of any concerns:

Original:

   Beyond in-network DDoS protection mechanisms, TCP syncookies
   [RFC4937] are a well-established method of mitigating some kinds of
   TCP DDoS attacks.  QUIC Retry packets are the functional analogue to
   syncookies, ...

[RFC4937] Arberg, P. and V. Mammoliti, "IANA Considerations for PPP
over Ethernet (PPPoE)", RFC 4937, DOI 10.17487/RFC4937,
June 2007, https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4937.

Current:
Beyond in-network DDoS protection mechanisms, TCP SYN cookies
[RFC4987] are a well-established method of mitigating some kinds of
TCP DDoS attacks. QUIC Retry packets are the functional analogue to
SYN cookies, ...

[RFC4987] Eddy, W., "TCP SYN Flooding Attacks and Common
Mitigations", RFC 4987, DOI 10.17487/RFC4987, August 2007,
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4987.

Thanks for catching this!