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authorhselasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>2015-04-07 19:39:23 +0000
committerhselasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>2015-04-07 19:39:23 +0000
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Revert r281220 and r281024, so that the new content added and its
wording can be more properly discussed. Spelling fix made is kept. Suggested by: gleb @ MFC after: 1 week
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/inet.46
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/inet.4 b/share/man/man4/inet.4
index f0f12d7..a1d0a1c 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/inet.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/inet.4
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ IP datagrams (or all IP datagrams, if
.Va ip.rfc6864
is disabled) to be randomized instead of incremented by 1 with each packet
generated.
-This prevents IP IDs being abused as a covert channel and also closes
-a minor information leak which allows remote observers to determine
-the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the counter.
+This closes a minor information leak which allows remote observers to
+determine the rate of packet generation on the machine by watching the
+counter.
At the same time, on high-speed links, it can decrease the ID reuse
cycle greatly.
Default is 0 (sequential IP IDs).
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