From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Graf Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] "strict" ipv4 reassembly Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 19:44:54 +0200 Message-ID: <20050518174454.GD15391@postel.suug.ch> References: <20050517.104947.112621738.davem@davemloft.net> <20050518004733.GG13748@postel.suug.ch> <20050518011632.GA27813@gondor.apana.org.au> <20050518013712.GH13748@postel.suug.ch> <428B6B72.5010407@hp.com> <20050518174010.GC15391@postel.suug.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Rick Jones Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050518174010.GC15391@postel.suug.ch> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org * Thomas Graf <20050518174010.GC15391@postel.suug.ch> 2005-05-18 19:40 > In a perfect world without any randomly generated ids we could measure > the absolute distance even without being aware of all ids, it might even > be possible to try and differ between random and serial id sequences > and optimize a bit there but in the end we have to find a good > compromise for the random case anyway. Worth some experimentation I guess. Wild thought: We could introduce a new ip option stating that the id generator uses a serial approach which would give us the possibility to measure the absolute distance and resolve this issue in a perfect matter for everyone supporting this extension. ;->