netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tcp: Early SYN limit and SYN cookie handling to mitigate SYN floods

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Message-Id: <20120529.161813.1372884439455013623.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2012 16:18:13 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andi@...stfloor.org
Cc:	jbrouer@...hat.com, brouer@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	christoph.paasch@...ouvain.be, eric.dumazet@...il.com, mph@...h.dk,
	fw@...len.de, opurdila@...acom.com, hans.schillstrom@...csson.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] tcp: Early SYN limit and SYN cookie handling
 to mitigate SYN floods

From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 12:37:07 -0700

> Makes sense. Syncookies is a bit obsolete these days of course, due
> to the lack of options. But may be still useful for this.

Please crawl out of your cave, syncookies fully supports all TCP
options these days.
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