netdev - Re: [PATCH -next v2 1/2] syncookies: remove ecn_ok validation when decoding option timestamp

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:04:47 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2 1/2] syncookies: remove ecn_ok validation when
 decoding option timestamp

On Fri, 2014-10-31 at 14:39 +0100, Florian Westphal wrote:

> It would only get enabled if the echoed timestamp (ie the timestamp we
> sent in the synack) indicates that ecn was enabled, i.e. the client or
> a middlebox would have to munge/modify it to set the 'ecn on' bit in the
> timestamp.
> 
> If that is too fragile in your opinion I will respin the patch to include
> the additional validation via dst.  We already need to fetch the dst
> object anyway to fetch certain route attributes not in the timestamp or
> cookie, so its only a matter of reorganizing code first to avoid two lookups.

Well, your changelog is so confusing, I have no idea what is your
intent.

I do not really understand why you need to change something.

Maybe this is because I have not yet took my coffee ;)

Thanks


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