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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:43:50 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ip: local port range robustness From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:00:22 -0700 > Expansion of original idea from Denis V. Lunev <den@...nvz.org> > > Add robustness and locking to the local_port_range sysctl. > 1. Enforce that low < high when setting. > 2. Use seqlock to ensure atomic update. > > The locking might seem like overkill, but there are > cases where sysadmin might want to change value in the > middle of a DoS attack. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org> Applied. - 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
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