From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 26 10:10: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86DE214CCA for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA27901; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:10:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001261810.KAA27901@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Garrett Wollman Subject: kern/16360: kernel timestamping of ICMP echo requests and replies Reply-To: Garrett Wollman Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/16360; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Wollman 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) < 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