netdev - Re: updates to syncookies - timestamps not needed any more (freebsd)

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Message-ID: <20130708180902.GB9763@order.stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:09:02 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: updates to syncookies - timestamps not needed any more (freebsd)

On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 09:39:38AM -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 18:04 +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> > Interesting patch by Andre Opperann of FreeBSD:
> > <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2013-July/035999.html>
> > 
> > Greetings,
> 
> 
> Switching from SHA to SipHash would be nice, if SipHash is secure
> enough.
> 
> (We do not use MD5 but SHA for syncookies)

Blake2[0] came to my mind when I read this. It is by one of the same authors
as SipHash.

[0] https://blake2.net/

Greetings,

  Hannes

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