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| author | maxim <maxim@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-08-16 06:30:58 +0000 |
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| committer | maxim <maxim@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-08-16 06:30:58 +0000 |
| commit | 3559dc2b45c5e4f788769bfdb591a066af0befd2 (patch) | |
| tree | 6cf1ac82534b1d819b34e7dabd587ddc17d37763 /share/man/man4/inet.4 | |
| parent | ded6a4e64151b4b399f63e9a9fbc180a6792e661 (diff) | |
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Mention a potential net.inet.ip.random_id drawback.
Submitted by: ru
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4 index 1cf0220..a8e9c87 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/inet.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4 @@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ incremented by 1 with each packet generated. This closes a minor information leak which allows remote observers to determine the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the counter. +In the same time, on high-speed links, it can decrease the ID reuse +cycle greatly. Default is 0 (sequential IP IDs). IPv6 flow IDs and fragment IDs are always random. .El |
