netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix xfrm hash collisions by changing __xfrm4_daddr_saddr

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Message-ID: <20090813041950.GA19592@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:19:50 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	joamaki@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix xfrm hash collisions by changing
	__xfrm4_daddr_saddr_hash to hash addresses with addition

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 08:56:35PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 
> 2) Whoever creates such a hash collision explosion can be
>    precisely identified.

BTW the trust issue goes the other way too.  I wouldn't want
to connect to any IPsec peer if I knew that they could render
my gateway unuseable whenever they liked :)

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