Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:30:16 GMT From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/79342: When looking for an unused port number for bind or connect, if low & high port range are equal, kernel can trap in divide by zero error Message-ID: <200503302030.j2UKUGu8022114@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/79342; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: Anjali Kulkarni <anjali@juniper.net>, bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/79342: When looking for an unused port number for bind or connect, if low & high port range are equal, kernel can trap in divide by zero error Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:28:15 -0600 (CST) On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > It's not perfect because it should turn random port allocation off if > the diapason of ports is small but I am not sure yet we need an > additional sysctl for that. Mike, what is your opinion? If the port range is very small, turning random port allocation off makes sense. Since we'll have to do a patch either way, we might as well make that change. Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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