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Message-ID: <20120727095942.59798456@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 09:59:42 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> To: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] iproute: Add magic cookie to route dump file On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:55:41 +0400 Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> wrote: > In order to somehow verify that a blob contains route dump a > 4-bytes magic is put at the head of the data and is checked > on restore. > > Magic digits are taken from Portland (OR) coordinates :) Is > there any more reliable way of generating such? > > Signed-of-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com> > Any magic number is fine as long as it is non-offensive and unique. -- 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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