netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Toeplitz library functions

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Message-Id: <20130924.113953.1275344954032811572.davem@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:39:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:	therbert@...gle.com
Cc:	David.Laight@...lab.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	jesse.brandeburg@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Toeplitz library functions

From: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 08:22:55 -0700

> We use this value for steering, and could use it for other uses like
> connection lookup.

For security reasons we absolutely cannot use it for that purpose,
please stop claiming this.

Any hash function which an attacker can reproduce is attackable.
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