@misc{rfc6528, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 6528, howpublished = {RFC 6528}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC6528}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6528}, author = {Fernando Gont and Steven Bellovin}, title = {{Defending against Sequence Number Attacks}}, pagetotal = 12, year = 2012, month = feb, abstract = {This document specifies an algorithm for the generation of TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (ISNs), such that the chances of an off-path attacker guessing the sequence numbers in use by a target connection are reduced. This document revises (and formally obsoletes) RFC 1948, and takes the ISN generation algorithm originally proposed in that document to Standards Track, formally updating RFC 793. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }