In message <200303071803.NAA05622@Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>,
der Mouse writes:

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>> Could someone please remind me why the syn-cookie aproach was
>> considered bad?

One might learn more from turning the question around: given Dave
Borman's approach to syn-flood problems, (which NetBSD has), try to
explain why are syn-cookies considered good.