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draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md: Add Security Considerations
IETF-OPSAWG-WG · Aug 21, 2023 · fe773ce · fe773ce
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 #  Security Considerations
 
-   TBD.
+A pcap file reader MUST do invalid header and packet checks.
+It can receive as input not only valid headers or packets, but any arbitrary
+random sequence of octets:
+Headers or packets originally malformed by the sender or by a fuzz tester,
+corrupted in transit or for some other reason.
 
 #  IANA Considerations