netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: implement emergency route cache rebulds when gc

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Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:08:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, jmorris@...ei.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: implement emergency route cache rebulds when
 gc_elasticity is exceeded

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:22:03 +0200

> This sounds not good at all to me.
> 
> 1) Dont set ip_rt_secret_interval to zero, this is plain silly, since
>    you give attackers infinite time to break your machine.
> 

It makes a ton of sense, even by default, if we set things up so that
we turn it back on when necessary.

And that's the final intended idea, to do exactly that.
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