Subject: Re: Enabling TCP RFC 1948
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@fnop.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/16/2006 17:41:00
On Oct 16, 2006, at 4:23 AM, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>
> On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Rui Paulo wrote:
>
>> 1. First-cut implementation of RFC1948, Steve Bellovin's
>> cryptographic
>> hash method of generating TCP ISS values. Note, this code is
>> experimental
>> and disabled by default (experimental enough that I don't
>> export the
>> variable via sysctl yet, either). There are a couple of issues
>> I'd
>> like to discuss with Steve, so this code should only be used by
>> people
>> who really know what they're doing.
>
> ...and it was so long ago that I honestly cannot remember what it
> was that I wanted to discuss with Steve...
Are you okay with adding a sysctl MIB?
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Rui Paulo