From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arjun1296@gmail.com (Arjun S R) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 22:58:40 +0530 Subject: Implementing RFC 6056 In-Reply-To: <20110531214113.GB10378@kroah.com> References: <20110531214113.GB10378@kroah.com> Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:11, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 12:38:34AM +0530, Arjun S R wrote: >> Hi, >> I would like implement RFC 6506 in linux kernel. It seems no one has >> implemented it. >> >> Its mainly about Transport protocol port randomisation. The fixed >> order[sequence of predictable randomness] of allocation of ephemeral >> port to application on request can cause malicious users to hijack >> connections based on time spent by the tcp ip api in various states. >> >> I have read the standards and is willing to go forward. Please post comments. > > Post your patches on the netdev mailing list and see what they say about > it there. ?You might find that this isn't really needed as we already > handle this properly through other means... > Thanks, could you please suggest the files in the kernel source tree that I should go through for the task? -- Arjun S R College Of Engineering,Trivandrum Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/Arjun.S.R Twitter: http://twitter.com/Arjun_S_R