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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 00:25:03 +0100
From:      Paul Richards <paul@freebsd-services.com>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet tcp_input.c tcp_seq.h tcp_subr.c    tcp_timer.c tcp_usrreq.c tcp_var.h
Message-ID:  <200500000.998522703@lobster.originative.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200108220059.f7M0xDe16950@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:   <200108220059.f7M0xDe16950@freefall.freebsd.org>

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--On Tuesday, August 21, 2001 17:59:13 -0700 Mike Silbersack
<silby@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> silby       2001/08/21 17:59:13 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:        (Branch: RELENG_4)
>     sys/netinet          tcp_input.c tcp_seq.h tcp_subr.c 
>                          tcp_timer.c tcp_usrreq.c tcp_var.h 
>   Log:
>   Much delayed but now present:  RFC 1948 style sequence numbers
>   
>   In order to ensure security and functionality, RFC 1948 style
>   initial sequence number generation has been implemented.  Barring
>   any major crypographic breakthroughs, this algorithm should be
>   unbreakable.  In addition, the problems with TIME_WAIT recycling
>   which affect our currently used algorithm are not present.
>   
>   Reviewed by: jesper
>   Approved by: jkh
>   
>   Revision    Changes    Path
>   1.107.2.16  +3 -4      src/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
>   1.11.2.5    +1 -22     src/sys/netinet/tcp_seq.h
>   1.73.2.22   +96 -71    src/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
>   1.34.2.11   +1 -3      src/sys/netinet/tcp_timer.c
>   1.51.2.9    +3 -3      src/sys/netinet/tcp_usrreq.c
>   1.56.2.8    +2 -6      src/sys/netinet/tcp_var.h

This is allowed to go through *after* RC1 of a "stable" release!!!

So what exactly fails the release engineer's criteria for a stable commit
at this stage?


Paul Richards
FreeBSD Services Ltd

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