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From: andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com
To: vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Are linux network drivers really affected by this?
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:54:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fzrxwf15.fsf@topo.binary-only.priv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200301130658.h0D6w5s26382@Port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> (Denis Vlasenko's message of "Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:57:47 +0200")

>>>>> "dv" == Denis Vlasenko <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> writes:

    dv> On 10 January 2003 16:53, andrea.glorioso@binary-only.com
    dv> wrote:
    >> >>>>> "dv" == Denis Vlasenko
    >> <vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> >>>>> writes:
    >> 
    dv> Too much work for zero gain
    >> `Too much work' refers to coding time or to kernel work?

    dv> Coding.

I would have said `kernel work' (although the relative occurrence of
undersized frames is probably low).

    dv> IMHO:

    dv> Zero padding is secure enough.  

Not for fingerprinting, though.

    dv> There is no point spending time coding random padding, config
    dv> options, etc.  

You're probably right.

bye,

andrea
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  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-13  9:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-09 12:52 Are linux network drivers really affected by this? Nils Petter Vaskinn
2003-01-10  8:08 ` andrea.glorioso
2003-01-10 11:46   ` Alan Cox
2003-01-10 11:12     ` andrea.glorioso
2003-01-10 12:11       ` Denis Vlasenko
2003-01-10 14:53         ` andrea.glorioso
2003-01-13  6:57           ` Denis Vlasenko
2003-01-13  9:54             ` andrea.glorioso [this message]
2003-01-14  1:19       ` Miles Bader
2003-01-18 14:09         ` Folkert van Heusden

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