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Date:      Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:12:00 +0300 (MSK)
From:      Maxim Konovalov <maxim.konovalov@gmail.com>
To:        Randall Stewart <rrs@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r336465 - in head/sys/netinet: . tcp_stacks
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1807191009050.76318@mp2.macomnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <201807182249.w6IMns6D076446@repo.freebsd.org>
References:  <201807182249.w6IMns6D076446@repo.freebsd.org>

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Hi Randall,

On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, 22:49-0000, Randall Stewart wrote:

> Author: rrs
> Date: Wed Jul 18 22:49:53 2018
> New Revision: 336465
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/336465
>
> Log:
>   Bump the ICMP echo limits to match the RFC
>
[...]

Just wonder, are there any practical reasons to do that?

While I don't see any meaningful vectors right now this could
potentially make amplification DoS easier, no?

-- 
Maxim Konovalov



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