netdev - Re: [PATCH] sctp: Change defaults on cookie hmac selection

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Message-ID: <20121215011229.GD10508@neilslaptop.think-freely.org>
Date:	Fri, 14 Dec 2012 20:12:29 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: Change defaults on cookie hmac selection

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 04:44:56PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com> wrote:
> >
> > No need, I think.  Since its a user configurable choice now, the user can just
> > set the selector to "None" in proc, and none will be used.
> 
> Well, by the same logic, there's no point to defaulting to MD5 either,
> since the user could just put MD5 in the there.
> 
> The point is, if you're asking for a default, you should include the
> actual choices, and not limit it to some random subset of choices. No?
> 
>              Linus
> 
Ok, Thats a fair point, I can add a option to choose the "None" option as the
deafult.  Dave, do you want a delta patch, or a new version?
Neil

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