netdev - Re: ICMP rate limiting in IPv4 but not in IPv6

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Date:	Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:40:16 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Andy Johnson <johnsonzjo@...il.com>
Cc:	Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@...il.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ICMP rate limiting in IPv4 but not in IPv6

On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 09:26:08PM +0300, Andy Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> My question was out of pure interest and not because of any practical
> need. However, preparing a patch for supporting rate limiting for
> ICMPv6 is easy and I am ready to do it. I want to know before, what
> other people think about it - is it needed ?

*shrug*

I don't know. I haven't needed it yet but could think of artificial
situations where it could be handy. :)

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