netdev - Re: [PATCH] Clock-independent TCP ISN generation

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Date:   Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:43:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sirus.shahini@...il.com
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, shiraz.saleem@...el.com, jgg@...pe.ca,
        arnd@...db.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sirus@...utah.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clock-independent TCP ISN generation

From: Cyrus Sh <sirus.shahini@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 10:06:03 -0600

> On 9/3/19 9:59 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> 
>> You could add a random delay to all SYN packets, if you believe your host has clock skews.
> 
> In theory yes, but again do you know any practical example with tested
> applications and the list of the rules? I'm interested to see an actual example
> that somebody has carried out and observed its results.

That's ironic that you're asking for specific and "practical" examples
when you submitted a kernel patch that doesn't even compile.