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Date:      Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:08:07 +0200
From:      Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
To:        Matteo Riondato <rionda@riondato.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES options src/sys/modules/ip_mroute_mod Makefile src/sys/netinet ip_id.c ip_input.c ip_mroute.c ip_output.c ip_var.h raw_ip.c tcp_syncache.c tcp_usrreq.c src/sys/netinet6 frag6.c in6_pcb.c ...
Message-ID:  <200408141808.31032.max@love2party.net>
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On Saturday 14 August 2004 17:57, Matteo Riondato wrote:
> Il Sab, 2004-08-14 alle 17:32, David Malone ha scritto:
> > .
> >
> >           2) named the sysctl net.inet.ip.random_id
> >
> >
> >   The sysctl defaults to 0 (sequential IP IDs).
>
> Wouldn't it be safer to have the sysctl defaults to 1 ?

Safer - maybe. More convenient - no. "option RANDOM_IP_ID" has not been in=
=20
GENERIC for a reason (too short id reuse cycle for highspeed links). Now th=
at=20
it is a sysctl there is even less reason to turn it on by default.

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