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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/inet.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/inet.4 | 6 |
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). |
