Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:10:03 -0800 (PST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/16360: kernel timestamping of ICMP echo requests and replies Message-ID: <200001261810.KAA27901@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/16360; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: dwm@caida.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: kern/16360: kernel timestamping of ICMP echo requests and replies Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 13:01:20 -0500 (EST) <<On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:01:08 -0500 (EST), dwm@caida.org said: > Patches to put timestamps in payload of ICMP echo requests and > replies if a new socket option (IP_PINGTIMESTAMP) is enabled. > The socket option (IP_PINGTIMESTAMP) causes the first 12 bytes > of the data portion of an echo packet to be filled with > timestamps by the kernel. I am a bit uncomfortable with the idea of this as a general-release option in the protocol stack. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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