netdev - Re: [PATCH] Tarpit target for the last stable (2.6.35.7): right version

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Date:	Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:10:50 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Nicola <nicola.padovano@...il.com>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tarpit target for the last stable (2.6.35.7): right
 version

Le samedi 09 octobre 2010 à 06:21 +0200, Jan Engelhardt a écrit :

> I must say I am surprised.
> 
> There already exists a maintained xt_TARPIT in Xtables-addons, and
> it seems like your patch is a duplicate effort of it.
> 
> If you have any updates to xt_TARPIT, I would recommend the strategy
> that Luciano Coelho used when he wanted to have xt_condition in
> the main kernel:
> 
> 1. take the maintained version from Xt-a
> 2. submit any updates to the Xt-a file, if feasible
> 3. once processed, submit that then for Linux kernel inclusion
> 4. apply further updates to the LK file, if needed
> 
> That way it is way easier to know what specifically new features you 
> have added to xt_TARPIT, if any.
> 

Agreed, so much messages on netdev and netfilter-devel, only to rewrite
a TARPIT module :-(



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