From 71497c5aacf290f77558396f5e9d8691a4614139 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francois-Xavier Le Bail Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:47:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md: Add Security Considerations --- draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md b/draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md index 9d77abc..a95a81f 100644 --- a/draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md +++ b/draft-ietf-opsawg-pcap.md @@ -304,7 +304,11 @@ Header Block, with a magic number of 0x0A0D0D0A. # 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