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Chapter $8$

$(30\%)$ Most modern TCP implementations use pseudo$-$random number generators $($PRNG$)$ to determine starting sequence numbers for TCP sessions. With such generators, it is difficult to compute the th number generated, given only the $(j-1)$ th number generated. Explain what network security risks are created if an attacker is able to break such a PRNG so that he can in fact easily compute the ith number generated, given only the $(i-1)$ th number generated.