netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] tcp: allow to turn tcp timestamp randomization off

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Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2016 10:40:19 +0100
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com>
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] tcp: allow to turn tcp timestamp
 randomization off

Yuchung Cheng <ycheng@...gle.com> wrote:
> > +tcp_timestamps - INTEGER
> > +Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323.
> > +       0: Disabled.
> > +       1: Enable timestamps as defined in RFC1323.
> > +       2: Like 1, but also use a random offset for each connection
> > +       rather than only using the current time.
> > +       Default: 2
> Small suggestion: I suspect host/server configs manually set the knob
> to 1. Perhaps swap 1 and 2 to maximize the coverage of this new
> feature?

You mean:
1 (default): randomize
2: don't randomize?

I think its good idea, will send v3.  Thanks!