Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 19:24:07 +0000 (GMT) From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG, provos@OpenBSD.org Subject: Re: non-random IP IDs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.20.0104161919390.26335-100000@www.everquick.net> In-Reply-To: <20010416121019.D10023@xor.obsecurity.org>
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> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:10:19 -0700 > From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> > > I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but there was some > reason why OpenBSD made this change: > > - ip_copy->ip_id = htons(ip_randomid()); > + ip_copy->ip_id = ip_randomid(); > + HTONS(ip_copy->ip_id); > > Presumably there was some reasoning there. Niels, can you shed any > light? Without having the source in front of me, what length of value does ip_randomid() return? htons(long) != htons(short) perhaps? Eddy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. EverQuick Internet / EternalCommerce Division Phone: (316) 794-8922 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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