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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] Split Netfilter IPv4 defragmentation into a separate
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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:35:24 +0200
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	Balazs Scheidler <bazsi@balabit.hu>,
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To: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@sch.bme.hu>
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KOVACS Krisztian wrote:
> Netfilter connection tracking requires all IPv4 packets to be defragmented.
> Both the socket match and the TPROXY target depend on this functionality, so
> this patch separates the Netfilter IPv4 defrag hooks into a separate module.
>
> Signed-off-by: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@sch.bme.hu>
>   

Mhh .. I don't like this too much, but I don't see a much
better way myself, especially for the socket match since
it can't do defragmentation itself.