netdev - Re: [PATCH net] icmp: randomize the global rate limiter

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Date:   Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:49:09 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Keyu Man <kman001@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] icmp: randomize the global rate limiter

On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:42:00 -0700 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Keyu Man reported that the ICMP rate limiter could be used
> by attackers to get useful signal. Details will be provided
> in an upcoming academic publication.
> 
> Our solution is to add some noise, so that the attackers
> no longer can get help from the predictable token bucket limiter.
> 
> Fixes: 4cdf507d5452 ("icmp: add a global rate limitation")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Keyu Man <kman001@....edu>

Applied, queued up, thank you!