netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: udp: check sk->sk_no_check when sending udpv6 packet

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 04:54:53 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: udp: check sk->sk_no_check when sending udpv6 packet

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:51:01AM +0800, Duan Jiong wrote:
> 
> According to the user's intention, if SO_NO_CHECK option is
> set to true, the udpv6 packet should be out with no checksum.

Nak, UDP checksumming is mandatory when used with IPv6.

Greetings,

  Hannes

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html