From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261233AbVFLT0h (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:26:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261232AbVFLT0C (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:26:02 -0400 Received: from 167.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.167]:16302 "HELO port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262647AbVFLRr0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:47:26 -0400 From: Denis Vlasenko To: Willy Tarreau Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix small DoS on connect() (was Re: BUG: Unusual TCP Connect() results.) Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 20:47:07 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 Cc: "David S. Miller" , xschmi00@stud.feec.vutbr.cz, alastair@unixtrix.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com References: <42A9C607.4030209@unixtrix.com> <200506122010.33075.vda@ilport.com.ua> <20050612173614.GA11157@alpha.home.local> In-Reply-To: <20050612173614.GA11157@alpha.home.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200506122047.07257.vda@ilport.com.ua> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sunday 12 June 2005 20:36, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 08:10:33PM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > > Does it seem appropriate for mainline ? In this case, I would also backport > > > it to 2.4 and send it to you for inclusion. > > > > It does not contain a comment why it is configurable. > > You're right. Better with this ? Very nice. BTW, is there any real world applications which ever used this? > + If you want backwards compatibility with every possible application, > + you should set it to 1. If you prefer to enhance security on your > + systems at the risk of breaking very rare specific applications, you'd > + better let it to 0. > + Default: 0 This text leaves an impression that they exist. -- vda