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From: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>
To: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org,
	shemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Generalized TTL Security Mechanism
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:22:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100114112216.GK12241@basil.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100114.030454.16178889.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 03:04:54AM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <andi-Vw/NltI1exuRpAAqCnN02g@public.gmane.org>
> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:58:13 +0100
> 
> > Stephen Hemminger <shemminger-ZtmgI6mnKB3QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> writes:
> >>
> >> Only TCP is supported, but could also be added to UDP, DCCP, SCTP
> >> if desired.
> > 
> > Perhaps I'm blind, but where is the default set if the socket
> > option is not used? 
> 
> Socket allocation memset()'s it to zero.

Yes, but there's no special case for zero in the check path?

It's just

+       if (iph->ttl < inet_sk(sk)->min_ttl)
+               goto discard_and_relse;

I'm probably missing something, but naively I would expect all 
packets with ttl > 0 to be discarded then when min_ttl is zero.

-Andi
-- 
ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org -- Speaking for myself only.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-14 11:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-11  6:00 [PATCH] tcp: Generalized TTL Security Mechanism Stephen Hemminger
2010-01-11 11:25 ` Eric Dumazet
     [not found]   ` <4B4B0AA3.6010207-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-11 16:25     ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-01-11 17:04       ` Eric Dumazet
2010-01-11 17:10         ` Eric Dumazet
     [not found]           ` <4B4B5B84.3090409-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-12  0:27             ` David Miller
2010-01-12  0:28 ` David Miller
2010-01-14 10:58 ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]   ` <873a29eywq.fsf-3rXA9MLqAseW/qJFnhkgxti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-14 11:04     ` David Miller
     [not found]       ` <20100114.030454.16178889.davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-14 11:22         ` Andi Kleen [this message]
     [not found]           ` <20100114112216.GK12241-u0/ZJuX+froe6aEkudXLsA@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-14 11:27             ` David Miller
2010-01-14 12:38               ` William Allen Simpson
     [not found]                 ` <4B4F1044.8080500-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-01-14 13:14                   ` Eric Dumazet

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