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Date:      Mon, 22 Apr 2002 01:33:06 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Bill Fenner <fenner@research.att.com>
Cc:        kbyanc@posi.net, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Overflowing sockaddr_dl's sdl_data buffer
Message-ID:  <3CC3CAC2.12D2ED18@mindspring.com>
References:  <200204211826.LAA05288@windsor.research.att.com>

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Bill Fenner wrote:
> I think that sdl_data should go back to being a variable-length buffer,
> and the source routing stuff should be reimplemented somewhere else
> (perhaps at the end of the variable-length buffer).
> 
> What uses the source-routing fields?

I know of several "script kiddie" tools which use it.  Most sane
people turn it off on their routers, so mostly the tools don't work.

-- Terry

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