Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:40:32 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/netinet6 ip6_id.c ip6_output.c ip6_var.h Message-ID: <200310010840.32893.sam@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <200310011513.h91FDU09008281@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200310011513.h91FDU09008281@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday 01 October 2003 08:13 am, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote: > ume 2003/10/01 08:13:30 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/conf files > sys/netinet6 ip6_output.c ip6_var.h > Added files: > sys/netinet6 ip6_id.c > Log: > randomize IPv6 fragment ID. The cost of doing this was argued extensively on the netbsd mailing lists. In FreeBSD, for IPv4, it is conditional on RANDOM_IP_ID. Is there any reason this is being done for IPv6 other than to defeat attacks? If not can you please make it conditional in the same way? Sam
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