Re: [PATCH] TCP ipv4 source port randomization

From: Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro
Date: Mon Apr 18 2005 - 14:56:36 EST


El lun, 18-04-2005 a las 12:26 -0700, David S. Miller escribió:
> Stephen Hemminger has already added TCP port randomization on
> connect() to the 2.6.x tree. See
> net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:tcp_v4_hash_connect(), where randomized port
> selection occurs. And unlike your patch, Stephen did add ipv6
> support (via net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c:tcp_v6_hash_connect()) for
> port randomization as well.

I missed Hemminger's bits there.
I apologize for any inconvenience.

>
> 1) That you use netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx for networking patches as that
> is where the networking developers listen.

OK.

> 2) That you do some checking to see that the feature you're adding
> is not already present in the tree.

I do, just missed that ;)
Among that I have the patch done since time ago, just didn't submitted
it to the list, so, during the transition I forgot all about any change
(nor I checked the CSETs).

Thanks for the advice,
Cheers.
--
Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro <lorenzo@xxxxxxx>
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