Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 22:57:52 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Baldur Gislason <baldur@foo.is> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Junior network hacker tasks... Message-ID: <20020506225752.I89339@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20020507022058.EEDA72744@tesla.foo.is>; from baldur@foo.is on Tue, May 07, 2002 at 02:20:49AM %2B0000 References: <200205062209.g46M99N8070646@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20020507022058.EEDA72744@tesla.foo.is>
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On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 02:20:49AM +0000, Baldur Gislason wrote:
> Also, there's a kernel option:
> # RANDOM_IP_ID causes the ID field in IP packets to be randomized
> # instead of incremented by 1 with each packet generated. This
> # option closes a minor information leak which allows remote
> # observers to determine the rate of packet generation on the
> # machine by watching the counter.
> options RANDOM_IP_ID
...which has absolutely nothing to do with this thread.
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