netdev - Re: [RFC] sctp/tcp: Question -- ICMPv4 length check (not) redundant?

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Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:51:21 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk, vladislav.yasevich@...com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] sctp/tcp: Question -- ICMPv4 length check (not) redundant?

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:48:11PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> >
> > What if the lower protocol doesn't have a header that it
> > at least 8 bytes? :-)
> 
> When such a protocol enters our tree then we can undo this patch :)

OK I take that back as IPComp is only 4 bytes long :)
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