From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
To: Chris Caputo <ccaputo-dated-1287104923.1c8263@alt.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iputils/ping_common.c: avoid gethostbyaddr during ping flood
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:08:39 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C1983A7.6050206@linux-ipv6.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1006170104000.26819@nacho.alt.net>
Chris Caputo wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Chris Caputo wrote:
>> Unless a destination is specified by IP address, a ping flood results in a
>> gethostbyaddr() for every echo reply. Thus a DNS flood can accompany a
>> ping flood.
>
> Updated for iputils-s20100418... Can someone review and work into next
> release?
Applied, thanks.
--yoshfuji
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-17 2:09 UTC|newest]
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2008-02-06 14:02 [PATCH] iputils/ping_common.c: avoid gethostbyaddr during ping flood Chris Caputo
2010-06-17 1:08 ` Chris Caputo
2010-06-17 2:08 ` YOSHIFUJI Hideaki [this message]
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2008-02-06 13:02 Chris Caputo
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